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The Geek's Raven
[An excerpt, with thanks to Marcus Bales]

Once upon a midnight dreary,
fingers cramped and vision bleary,
System manuals piled high and wasted paper on the floor,
Longing for the warmth of bedsheets,
Still I sat there, doing spreadsheets:
Having reached the bottom line,
I took a floppy from the drawer.
Typing with a steady hand, I then invoked the SAVE command
But got instead a reprimand: it read "Abort, Retry, Ignore".

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023

How can North Carolina be persuaded to allow people to pick up their driver's licenses at the dmv offices again?

Since the introduction of Real ID over the past few years, states have taken different approaches to conforming with the new federal security regulations on state driver's licenses. Some, like California, Texas and Florida, have simply had their state employees learn and apply the new federal security regulations on site. Others, perhaps panicked a bit by the new rules, have sub-contracted other states to produce the driver's licenses for them, and have them mailed back in state, to some extent inconveniencing their residents at times, and adding to their expenses. The state of North Carolina appears to have taken a somewhat unique approach. They are indeed producing the driver's licenses in state with state employees, but, in an effort to improve "security", they are refusing to allow their residents to actually pick up their driver's licenses at the dmv offices, but are having them mailed to them, instead, in "unmarked envelopes". Supposedly, this is supposed to provide a greater guarantee that they actually have the right person. I have yet to encounter anyone who actually understands why mailing the drivers licenses to a specified address actually guarantees who the person is more than the identification papers presented at the dmv office. After all, they can put any address they want down there. Or, simply use a post office box. On the other hand, this does mean that the person doesn't get their driver's license for some unspecified time, which can cause inconvenience. Is that the idea perhaps, that "security" and "inconvenience for citizens" are the same thing, from the state of North Carolina's point of view? So, is it possible by some means, by some contact with state representatives or administrators, to persuade the state that "security" and "inconvenience for citizens" are not the same thing? By the way, there's nothing in the Federal Law that requires that ID's be mailed. Many states, like California, Texas and Florida still allow people to pick up their Real ID's on site. Indeed, in some states you can only pick them up on site, since this is considered more secure than the mails!

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