US EditionShortage of REAL ID's causing frustration statewide
- On April 10, 2025, the U.S. House passed the SAVE Act, requiring documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration nationwide.
- This legislation responds to concerns about voting eligibility, although cases of noncitizens voting remain statistically rare and President Trump's related claims lack evidence.
- The SAVE Act mandates voters present proof like passports or birth certificates at local offices, but millions of citizens lack matching documents due to name changes or no passports.
- A declined Real ID application from a 98-year-old U.S.-born man in California highlights risks of disenfranchisement for rural, elderly, disabled, and non-driving voters under this policy.
- While supporters, mostly Republicans, claim the Act will restore election confidence, the rejected Real ID exemplifies the vulnerability and potential disenfranchisement facing many legal citizens.
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Shortage of REAL ID's causing frustration statewide
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/FOX24) — With over 900,00 REAL IDs being issued in Arkansas, the Department of Finance and Administration is now reporting a shortage at certain revenue offices. According to the DFA, the issue is the card's manufacturing. Scott Hardin with the DFA said it's not basic card stock, but much more elaborate. "It's got security features built into it. It's got quite a bit built into that card, and they print it specifically f…
How Real ID Can Exclude ‘Real’ Americans From Flying, Voting and More
This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. At 98, my father’s paper trail was long — in addition to his U.S. birth certificate, there were his discharge papers from his service in the Army Air Corps during World War II, his house deed, his children’s birth certificates, his Social Security, Medicare and business cards. By Catherine S. Ramírez Special for CalMatters Opinion Yet in 2023, when he applied…
How Real ID Excludes Real Americans
My father’s passport expired in 2023. He was 98 and had taken his last international trip a few years earlier. He’d also stopped driving and no longer had, or needed, a valid driver’s license. He applied for a Real ID identification card, a security-enhanced, federally accepted form of identification airports began requiring this month. His passport identified him as Vicente, the name on his birth certificate; his driver’s license, as Vince. The…
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