Today's tele-conference, sponsored by the Center for Technology Policy at the Free Congress Foundation, was an inspiring event. More than one-hundred representatives of various national, state and local organizations met in order to plan strategy for opposing the creation of a de facto National Identification Card System as proposed by the Department of Transportation on June 17, 1998.
Individual citizens can have an impact on the implementation process.
Last year citizen opposition in several states prevented the linking of social security numbers to state driver's licenses. Also, the State Supreme Court in Arkansas is currently deliberating Scott MacDonald's case, which involves the denial of driver's licenses to his two sons because they have no social security numbers. Sample letters will be provided, however do not send the same letter. Even if these Representatives do not reside in your state, encouraging them to sponsor legislation that would prevent the implementation of a National I.D. System is appropriate. This will prevent direct tracking of any individual who carries the card.