Maine rejects Real ID Act!

HEre's the happey C|Net news story. Maine rejects the Real ID Act. Maine overwhelmingly rejected federal requirements for national identification cards on Thursday, marking the first formal state opposition to controversial legislation scheduled to go in effect for Americans next year. Both chambers of the Maine legislature approved a resolution saying the state flatly "refuses" to force its citizens to use driver's licenses that comply with digital ID standards, which were established under the 2005 Real ID Act. It asks the U.S. Congress to repeal the law.

The Maine legislature is hoping that congress will repeal Real ID.

Eat your heart out New Hampshire, you can no longer be the first stae to do this, although you came awfully close last year.