Urgent if true: Just heard on Ed Schultz Show......

[PROGRESSIVE1]

A caller from Arizona said that a 15 year old who went for their driver's license had to sign a form that said that they had to Promise to serve in the Military if a Draft came to past!

Ed will look into it.

:wtf: is this???

[htuttle]

1. Would that be the Selective Service registration form?

Fifteen is kind of young to be required to sign one of those. That's bull.

on edit: Clarification

I don't think the story is bull. I think it's wrong to require a 15 year old to register for Selective Service.

[Redneck Socialist]

2. Don't know about drivers licenses, but

iirc you need to register in order to be eligible for federal financial aid for college.

Nothing about drivers licenses here.

http://www.sss.gov/FSbenefits.htm

Here it is. http://www.sss.gov/fsstateleg.htm Apparently some states have additional penalties for not registering. Arizona "requires Arizona men, 18 through 25 years old, to be registered to obtain a state driver's license."

[TheMightyFavog]

3. Could be a state law.

I don't think Wisconsin enacted such legislation.

[supernova]

4. Yes, I though SS registration was 18

15 is non-sensical. You still need a work permit afterall, not to mention a driver's license.

[Longhorn]

5. If the bill mentioned in this article actually passed

then it is true in Texas, too.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/1815890

[supernova]

8. That bill still says 18

if you will be 18 when you go get a license, renewal, or even a photo ID.

[Longhorn]

10. You're right.

My eyes must be bleary from spending too much time at this dang computer! Thanks! :D

[kohodog]

6. You need to register to receive an education loan

from Sallie Mae. Guess that doesn't apply to the top 2%

[Semi_subversive]

7. Legally, you have to be at least 18

to do something like this without your parent's signature.

[SammyBlue]

9. I live in Arizona.

Let me check.

[depakid]

11. With all of the restrictions on driver's licenses these days

that have nothing whatsoever to do with one's driving ability or record, it would hardly be surprising.

[theboss]

12. Somebody is confused

That sounds like a Selective Service form, which every man over the age of 18 has to sign.