May 12, 2008 8:26AM 

# REAL ID Deadline Passes — Zero Compliance 

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

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Yesterday — Sunday, May 11, 2008 — was the statutory deadline for state compliance with the REAL ID Act. Not a single state has begun issuing nationally standardized IDs as called for by the law. Nor are they putting driver information into nationally accessible databases.

Matthew Blake of the *Washington Independent* has a [solid recap](http://www.washingtonindependent.com/view/is-real-id-really) of the situation.

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