Granite State ID Coalition Urges Governor and Executive Council to Reject $3 Million ''REAL ID Bribe''.CONCORD, N.H. -- The following statement is attributable to Joel Winters, spokesperson for the Granite State ID Coalition: "The House and Senate Fiscal Committee today voted 8-2 to accept a $3 million dollar grant to move the state forward with compliance with the Federal REAL ID Act, a de facto [Latin, In fact.] In fact, in deed, actually. This phrase is used to characterize an officer, a government, a past action, or a state of affairs that must be accepted for all practical purposes, but is illegal or illegitimate. National ID Card system. Members of the Granite State ID Coalition are urging Governor Lynch and members of the Executive Council to reject the $3 million REAL ID bribe BRIBE, crim. law. The gift or promise, which is accepted, of some advantage, as the inducement for some illegal act or omission; or of some illegal emolument, as a consideration, for preferring one person to another, in the performance of a legal act. . "Accepting the $3,000,000 is like buying a pig in a poke a blind bargain; something bought or bargained for, without the quality or the value being known. See also: Pig . The standards for REAL ID will not be revealed until after the November elections, but our State Senators are pledging our future tax dollars to comply with whatever the Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States dictates. "The $3 million dollar grant works out to about $2.50 per New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). resident, or about the cost of a Big Mac. In exchange, drivers will no longer be allowed to use a middle initial on their license, victims of stalkers or domestic violence will be prohibited from displaying a mailing address to protect their security, identity theft victims must share their digital photo and Social Security number with a nationwide network of databases, and immigrants unable to meet the increased paperwork requirements will be issued a lower class license that is visibly different from a REAL ID card. "These are only some of the requirements listed in the REAL ID Act. The Department of Homeland Security is also given authority to expand the list of places that Americans must present their REAL ID Card, as well as define other standards for the REAL ID card. Later this year, DHS DHS Department of Homeland Security (USA) DHS Department of Human Services DHS Department of Health Services DHS Demographic and Health Surveys DHS Dirhams (Morocco national currency) is expected to reveal some of the new standards, which may include an RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. computer chip embedded in driver's licenses. "Earlier this year, the New Hampshire House overwhelmingly passed HB1582, which stated that New Hampshire would not comply with the REAL ID system. Governor Lynch promised to sign it, but a group of Republicans gutted the bill in the Senate Chamber. This bill was supported by the Union Leader, the Nashua Telegraph, and the Concord Monitor The Concord Monitor is the daily newspaper for Concord, the state capital of New Hampshire. It also covers substantial portions of surrounding Merrimack and Belknap counties in New Hampshire's Lakes Region. . Estimates on the cost of implementation in New Hampshire average $30-$40 million, and it is estimated that the cost of a driver's license could go as high as $90. Should New Hampshire choose to embrace the REAL ID Act in 2008, Granite Staters still won't be able to visit Canada with their new ID cards. For that, they will need a passport." The Granite State ID Coalition was formed from a wide variety of New Hampshire citizen's groups in April to support HB1582, and to fight REAL ID in New Hampshire. For more information, please visit http://www.GraniteStateID.com |
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