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Effective Oct. 20, Oklahoma's driver’s licenses are no longer acceptable ID to enter a military base. We have a grandson in the Air Force whom we like to visit. We will need a passport to be able to visit him. That will cost us $135 each — money we really cannot spare.

I understand the cost considerations to comply on a statewide basis. However, if a passport meets the needs of Real ID, I do not understand the big deal about privacy.

Until legislators can solve the Real ID problems, they should pass emergency legislation to help Oklahomans pay the passport fees required to visit military bases. If they don’t get the problem solved by 2018, they should also pay the passport fees for anyone needing to fly.

It’s a simple solution that provides a stimulus for our legislators to fix this problem rather than burden individual taxpayers.

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