Representatives of state governments across the country, and a growing chorus of voices from across the political spectrum, have come out against Real ID.  Below and in the blue box to the left are examples of the many voices opposed to Real ID.

  September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows to Gov. Elliot Spitzer, April 14, 2007 (9 KB) .
 
Letter from ACLU to DHS on Privacy Considerations in Real ID, April 7, 2006 (225 KB)

Letter from Free Congress Foundation to Homeland Security, Nov. 17, 2005  (139 KB)

Letter from National Conference of State Legislators to the House Against Real ID (166 KB)

Letter from National Governors Association-American Association of Motor Vehicle
Administrators to House Against Real ID (194 KB)

National Governors Association, "Governors Seek Solution to Real ID" (267 KB)

Letter from Governors Janet Napolitano (D-AZ) and Mike Huckabee (R-AR) to Michael Chertoff, Secretary of  the Department of Homeland Security (68 KB)

Letter from the American Conservative Union and Citizens Against Government Waste coalition  to Chertoff opposing the use of RFID chips in Real ID cards (213 KB)

National Center for Transgender Equality Statement on Real ID and Transgender Communities (36 KB)

Letter from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) to Sen. Lamar Alexander (72 KB)