http://www.news.com/How-will-Real-ID-affect-you/2009-1028_3-6229517.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-5&subj=news

Q: When does the Real ID Act take effect?
On May 11, a little more than three months from now. But states like California that have agreed to comply and ones like Pennsylvania that have requested a deadline extension are not affected--driver's licenses from those states will continue to work for entering federal buildings and flying commercially.

Q: Who's going to have trouble flying or entering federal buildings starting May 11?
Residents of the five states--Maine, South Carolina, Montana, Oklahoma, and New Hampshire--that have firmly rejected Real ID. Fifteen states and the District of Columbia have not decided yet, meaning they could fall into this category too. [more]http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/6128/realidys9.jpg

If you live in one of the NO or POSSIBLY states,your experience flying or going to a Federal building may be severely affected...This is one of the biggest stupidist moves ever made by the federal government.

From Wikipedia:
Portions of the Real ID Act pertaining to states were scheduled to take effect on May 11, 2008, three years after the law passed, but the deadline had been extended to December 31, 2009.[34] On January 11, 2008, it was announced the deadline has been extended again, until 2011, in hopes of gaining more support from states.[35]

Also, about 20 states have issued resolutions (not binding laws) against the REAL ID.... So that doesn't look good for them complying with it, even though those resolutions don't necessarily mean that they won't.

I don't know about the flying part... but unless you have a FEDERAL ID, you ain't gettin into most Federal buildings in big cities today. Try walking into one in NYC using only your driver's license and see how far you get.

I don't know about the flying part... but unless you have a FEDERAL ID, you ain't gettin into most Federal buildings in big cities today. Try walking into one in NYC using only your driver's license and see how far you get.
Yeah, I had to get an ID badge for my internship at the Smithsonian. If I was 18 I woulda had to have a background check too.

Yeah, I had to get an ID badge for my internship at the Smithsonian. If I was 18 I woulda had to have a background check too.

And if they knew you hung around with this crowd, they'd probably req'd a DNA test as well!

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This isn't true. The feds extended the deadline to 2011. In fact, they did that a long time ago.

This isn't true. The feds extended the deadline to 2011. In fact, they did that a long time ago.
I beat you to it. :thumbs: