Friday, October 19, 2007
Progress on Real ID opposition in NC
Earlier this week I called and e-mailed my legislative representatives in the NC Senate and NC House (Ellie Kinnaird and Verla Insko, respectively)
and laid out my opposition to Real ID, and provided them both with links to the bills passed in other states which oppose
Real ID, and asked for one or both of them to introduce similar legislation here in NC.
I have since received replies from both (a phone call from Ellie Kinnaird, and an email from Verla Insko). Senator
Kinnaird seems very sympathetic to the idea of blocking Real ID here, while Represenative Insko did not seem to be
terribly well informed on the issue, but promised to look into it further.
So right now, it seems like those of us who are opposed to Real ID may have a chance to get something done: Possibly we
can get some legislation introduced at the very least. But I don't think my calls and e-mails alone are going to be enough.
What we need is for every concerned NC citizen to step up and contact *their* state legislators as well. Contact info
for all North Carolina Senate and House reps can be found here.
I would heartily encourage anyone who is opposed to this National ID nonsense to please contact your reps and ask them to
pass legislation opposing Real ID. This is a battle that can be won, but it's going to take some serious grass-roots
work, especially this late in the game.
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