Ok I have now spent several hours really digging on the Real ID thing, and too many people (on both sides) are making false claims about it.
👉About Those Opposed to It
Stop calling them stupid.
A lot of people are understandably short on trust of any new program this government creates, and largely because every scrap of power previously given to this government, has been abused. I can't really fault people if their default position has become "nah, make do with the powers you have, I'm not giving you any new powers. Maybe get back to me when we are 2 or 3 years into the DC cleanup, and I can see it's really happening and I'll reconsider." My father became one of these people AFTER a career in military intelligence, and earning 5 Presidential medals for leading projects that created some of our most sensitive information gathering systems. To his dismay, he lived to see ALL of them misused in ways it was promised they would not be misused. (To his joy, he lived to see this movement begin to rise, and the People putting a stop to it by the time he passed in Feb 2020.)
My fellow citizens are not stupid if they have learned from very good reasons, to take a default position of not wanting to give government any new powers. Calling them stupid isn't how you reassure them that "this time" everything will go as planned.
If you read this far, you probably think I am opposed to Real ID, but I am NOT. For myself... I have a Real ID in my pocket and consider it to be nothing more than an updated drivers license.
👉For Those Claiming It Will Help with Illegal Voting
Ok, I really wanted this to be true, but I can't find any evidence this is the case. Current issues:
Fact: Non-citizens can get a Real ID. In theory they must be here legally (green card, etc), and present proof of identity, but we already know that some states are NOT following the law. In our current legal climate, you can't stop a Democrat DMV official in New York, from giving a drivers license to an illegal, AND pushing the little button to upgrade it to a Real ID, claiming they saw proof of identity. Later if caught they will say "oops, my bad, that was an accident"
Fact: Nothing on the ID itself allows a person looking at it to determine if the holder is a non-citizen.
Fact: Democrats in uncontrollable states are letting illegals REGISTER to vote. They are handing out forms, and letting people self-certify that they are eligible, then wink wink processing the form.
Fact: Come election day, if a non-citizen steps up to vote with their Real ID license, and the poll worker finds their name on the voting register... nobody at that moment has any way to tell the person should not be voting.
👉Conclusion
Fact: As long as present vulnerabilities exist in our voter registration process, and each state can play individual games with who they give a Real ID... Real ID as it is now, does nothing to make our elections more secure.
Are more changes coming that will plug the vulnerabilities and turn it into a system that is truly reliable? ONLY somebody in the Trump admin can say. NOBODY else spouting off bullshit knows.
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