However, due to the cost for this mandate alone and the other associated impacts, Pennsylvania does not support an electronic validation mandate for all license and identification card issuance. Without the ability to compare on-line the data on SSA's data base with other identity information, states will be forced to send many customers to SSA to resolve the discrepancy. The customer will then return to the state licensing authority a second time to secure a driver's license or identification card. The vast majority of these individuals are honest citizens with valid numbers and records and they will be penalized by this mandate. First, when a customer needs a driver's license or identification card, they typically need it almost immediately.
Delays affect the customer's mobility.
The system established by SSA will keep numerous honest citizens from securing their license products quickly. Thirdly, the system set up by SSA would be grossly inefficient and costly. Fourth, this erosion of timely, convenient and efficient service is completely unnecessary. State driver licensing officials manage a great deal of confidential information, including social security numbers, and can be trusted to maintain the confidentiality of customers' records. The necessary information to make an informed judgement at the point of customer contact.