June 3, 2010 5:21PM 

# Nevadans Don’t Want REAL ID, but the DMV Does, and That’s What Matters 

By [Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper) 

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Via the ACLU’s [Blog of Rights](http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security-technology-and-liberty/nevadas-real-id-showdown), a temporary measure Governor Jim Gibbons put in place to bring Nevada into compliance with REAL ID has expired, and the legislature does not plan to renew it.

But the Nevada DMV wants it. The *Las Vegas Review-Journal* [reports](http://www.lvrj.com/news/dmv-stops-issuing-real-id-licenses-92888344.html), “the DMV will seek legislative approval to implement the new licensing system at least by May 1, 2011.”

I wonder if the DMV will donate to candidates that support REAL ID, or perhaps campaign against legislators that don’t. Maybe it should just start voting in elections. The gall of these bureaucrats, telling the legislature what to do.

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