Hardening NYS Driver's Licenses Into Cannuckistan Passports

The comment that I make is what is the point of obtaining the new NYS
Driver's license if it is optional, if one already possess a Passport
and it is optional and costs additional money.

On Jul 21, 1:20 pm, Bill <wweln...@> wrote:
> The comment that I make is what is the point of obtaining the new NYS
> Driver's license if it is optional, if one already possess a Passport
> and it is optional and costs additional money.

The vast majority of Americans, including the vast majority of New
Yorkers, do not have a passport, and whatever NYS will charge will be
considerably less than the passport fee.

When will Alaska, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan,
Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine follow suit?

NYS was among the last states to place photos on a drriver's license,
as I remember a Cviil Rights Issue was made about making a license to
drive a car into a form of identification.

I remmenber back in the early 1980's in CA with my old photoless NYS
license in opening a bank account, untill I turned in my NY License
to obtain a CA License a photo without any other form of
identification.

Are we eventually going to an internal passport system such as exists
in Europe which we must show to obtain a hotel room and show to the
police when move into a house or an apartment?

On Jul 22, 12:32 pm, Bill <wweln...@> wrote:
>
> Are we eventually going to an internal passport system such as exists
> in Europe which we must show to obtain a hotel room and show to the
> police when move into a house or an apartment?

Probably, yes. The TSA has ruled in the past couple months that we
must have our DL (or the like) in order to be a passenger on an
airplane.

Just to fly about the country, domestically.

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:17:20 -0700 (PDT), Bill
<wwelnerw@> wrote:

>My question is what docuemenation does a native born citizen need to
>provide to DMV in order to obtain an enhanced license, if he does not
>possess a passport?

Certified birth certificate and proof of residence in the state of
issuance (the latter is required for any type of new license, enhanced
or not).
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