Real ID is quite simply too expensive to comply with. Between the costs of ordering a copy of your birth certificate and paying the certification fee you're looking at circa $200. That's out of the budget for millions of Americans who don't view it as something they need. They'd rather just not fly.
If you make Real ID mandatory to vote, it will be struck down as a poll tax. The cost of Real ID is something that needs to be addressed.
Real ID is quite simply too expensive to comply with. Between the costs of ordering a copy of your birth certificate and paying the certification fee you're looking at circa $200. That's out of the budget for millions of Americans who don't view it as something they need. They'd rather just not fly.
If you make Real ID mandatory to vote, it will be struck down as a poll tax. The cost of Real ID is something that needs to be addressed.
Please tell us all where it costs to get a certified copy of your birth certificate? Maybe if you are illegal and buying one on the black market.
A certified birth or death certificate costs $20 in PA. https://mycertificates.health.pa.gov/pastorefront/customer/pa/paHome.xhtml
As an example: $50 for a birth certificate from CA, plus $128 for the Real ID charge in WA state.