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The Ral ID Act mandates that makes all states in the U.S. standardize procedures for the granting of drivers' license and ID cards. The state must require before issuing a drivers' license or ID card the following documentation:

(A) A photo identity document, except that a non-photo identify document is acceptable if it includes both the person's full-legal name and date or birth.

(B) Documentation showing person's date of birth

(C) Proof of the person's Social Security account number or verification that the person is not eligible for a Social Security account number.

(D) Documentation showing the person's name and address of principle residence.
Item C almost made me snicker a little, social security numbers at this point are a dime a dozen. If the government is having a hard time with social security numbers, what eggheaed will figure this one out?

What if you do not get a National ID?
This comes straight from the text of the Real ID Act. "Beginning 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, (May 2005) a Federal agency may not accept, for any official purpose, a drivers' license or identification card issued by a State to any person unless the state is meeting the requirements of this section."
The government knew that the American people would not swallow a National ID. So, the original name of the bill was changed to the Real ID Act. Also to get through Congress fast , this Act was attached to a huge appropriations bill for the troops in Iraq. The vote on this bill through the Senate 100-0.

Sly dogs!