Real ID deadline looms and only 62 percent of South Carolinians have it

North Augusta, S.C. (WJBF)- May 7th. That’s the deadline for everyone in the United States to have a Real ID. After that, you will not be able to fly domestically, or enter a federal building or a military installation until you get one. You know you have a Real ID if you have a gold or black star on your driver’s license or state ID.

The federal government decided to streamline identification nearly 24 years ago.

“We had an obvious problem with 911. And the biggest problem was, is we had individuals that stole identity, stole airplanes and killed a lot of Americans,” explained Kevin Shwedo, Executive Director of the South Carolina DMV …

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