REAL IDs Coming Soon to Payne County

Congress passed the REAL ID Act in 2005 to make driver's licenses more diffi cult to forge after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The act requires a federally compliant ID that contains updated identifi cation measures for individuals who carry the card.

However, in 2007, Oklahoma legislators passed a bill preventing the state from meeting provisions of the act after many Oklahomans express…