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Shortage of REAL ID's causing frustration statewide
- In 2023, the narrator's 98-year-old father applied for a federally accepted Real ID in California, but his application was declined due to name mismatches.
- The decline occurred because his passport listed the name Vicente while his driver's license showed Vince, highlighting strict new identity standards amid recent airport Real ID requirements.
- The father, a U.S.-born citizen with extensive documentation and decades of American life, was issued a Senior Citizen ID that cannot facilitate flying or voter registration.
- The U.S. House passed the SAVE Act in April 2025, mandating voters to show documentary citizenship proof like passports, while critics warn this may disenfranchise many lawful Americans lacking matching documents.
- This case exposes vulnerabilities in voter and travel access for Americans of varied backgrounds and ages, suggesting broader risks of disenfranchisement despite being U.S. 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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