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I can't imagine this actually happening. REAL ID has been extremely unpopular from the start and the deadline has been repeatedly pushed back since most states are unwilling to comply. Expect another last-minute delay if there's still a state without a waiver.

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Most states? It's 4.

The original proposal of a pan-North-American shared database and other genuinely suboptimal ideas were scrapped in the revision a decade ago. You're probably thinking of this original iteration when you describe its unpopularity.

According to http://www.dhs.gov/real-id-enforcement-brief most states are noncompliant and have received extensions to their deadlines to comply, including 7 of the 10 largest.

I stand corrected. Thanks for responding.

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