Real Id Headache; 800,000 Will Have to Renew Their Driver's Licenses Early
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › January 30, 2008
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Madison -- About 800,000 Wisconsinites will have to renew their driver's licenses early if they want to use them to board airplanes under a federal anti-terrorism law requiring more secure IDs, according to the state Department of Transportation.
The federal Real ID law requires that the new IDs and licenses be issued by December 2014 to people who have not turned 50 by then, but thousands of already-issued licenses don't expire until after that time. Those drivers will have to come in early to get the federally sanctioned IDs if they want to use them to get on an airplane or enter a federal courthouse.See the full content of this document
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Real Id Headache; 800,000 Will Have to Renew Their Driver's Licenses Early
Most licenses in Wisconsin are good for eight years.
"This really is a program that the federal government foisted on the states without any input from the states, just said this is a good idea, you guys go do it," Gov. Jim Doyle said Tuesday. "There are huge decisions to be made."The U.S. D...See the full content of this document
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