Maine legislature rejects Real ID Act.The Maine legislature The Maine Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine. It is a bicameral body composed of the lower house Maine House of Representatives and the upper house Maine Senate. The Legislature convenes at the State House in Augusta, where it has met since 1832. overwhelmingly approved a resolution to oppose the federal requirements in the 2005 Real ID Act that would require states to comply with standardizing driver's licenses. The resolution (which was passed by a vote of 34-0 in the Senate and 137-4 in the House) rejects state compliance with the digital standards required in the act and asks that the U.S. Congress repeal the law. Georgia, Massachusetts, Montana, and Washington have similar bills pending in their state legislatures. CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. News.com reported that this is a major political setback for 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 , which has argued that a nationalized ID would help make the country safer from terrorists. Critics of the act claim that the ID requirements are too intrusive as they would include 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. technology that could electronically store personal information such as fingerprints, retinal scans, and Social Security numbers. Maine took a strong stand against the usurpation Usurpation Adonijah presumptuously assumed David’s throne before Solomon’s investiture. [O.T.: I Kings 1:5–10] Anschluss Nazi takeover of Austria (1938). [Eur. Hist. of state power by passing this resolution. However, unless the Real ID Act is repealed in Congress, residents of Maine may be unable to travel freely on various modes of transportation (for example, public transportation, airplanes, etc.) if they fail to provide a federally required "national ID" card. |
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