10 Sep
2015
10 Sep
'15
4:09 p.m.
On 9/10/2015 5:29 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 09/10/2015 02:32 PM, Jay Jaeger wrote:
Which reminds me--I went over to the local DMV to renew my "papers".
Since the terrorism craze, the state has changed the rules for verifying
identity to now include a birth certificate (heaven knows why). What
shocked me was the process. Each clerk took the about-to-expire ID and
a paper form filled out by the applicant and painstakingly re-entered
all the information on a simple dumb keyboard terminal, then swiveled
the terminal to the customer to verify the information and manuall
correct it if necessary. Positioning to the appropriate field was done
via cursor keystrokes--not a mouse or glidepad or touchscreen anywhere
to be seen.
The states really don't have a whole lot of choice. It's called legal
presence. Has more to do with immigration than 9/11/2001. The law that
resulted from the latter is called RealID, but there are still legal
challenges, and implementation for ordinary folks (e.g., for boarding
airplanes) has been been put off until at least 2016.
http://www.dhs.gov/real-id-public-faqs
Wisconsin has a new system as well, including the ability to scan
paperwork, capable of complying with the stringent RealID law, if it
ever actually becomes effective. But WI can at least start by reading
the 2-D barcode on the back of the expiring/expired license. ;)
JRJ