"it is law that you must have an ID. I know of no state where an officer cannot issue you a summons if he/she stops you and you do not have a valid ID on hand. (Granted, it is a blue law, like having at least a dollar in your pocket at all times, but it is still a law.)" I'm pretty sure there is no such law. Regardless, currently, a law officer has to have a reason to ask for your ID, he can't do it just to see if you have one or not. I'm sorry for sounding so harsh, I'm glad to see you're reconsidering things. "you can be tracked in so many ways you never even think about, that the media hyping this law really makes it worse than it really is" All of those ways involve a voluntary identifier, not a mandatory one. If I want to opt out I can. Not so with this. That's the difference. I wish the media had hyped this more so that more people were aware of it - it is not the sort of thing that should have been attached surreptitiously on the back end of a bill that it would have been political suicide to vote against. Apart from the numerous possibilities for abuse without real benefit, just the fact that it will increase our tax burden and make our government larger than it already is represents a serious negative, at least to me. There certainly are much better things we could be doing with the time, energy and resources supporting this mistake will cost. Unzipped