Pennsylvania's Bureau of Driver Licensing
Bureau of Driver Licensing
Attn: Rebecca L. Bickley, Director
February 5, 1999
Certified Mail No. Z 463 684 113
Dear Ms. Bickley,
I am acknowledging receipt of your letter dated, January 11, 1999,
regarding the social security requirement as part of the licensing process.
Please find a copy of your letter to me enclosed.
You stated that social security number "information" is required on all applications,
and that without such information, you would be unable to process my application
for a driver license. The fact that I have no social security number is "social
security number information", and I already provided that information to you.
Therefore, I find your letter to be an ambiguous response to my question as to
whether or not you will accept my application for a license without a social
security number.
Please note that Pennsylvania law does not prohibit you from issuing a license to
persons who possess no social security number. If this is not the case, please
cite the law which creates this prohibition. Section 1510(a) of the Pennsylvania
Vehicle Code reads in part:
"Except as provided in subsection (f), an applicant
shall include his Social Security number on his license application, but the
Social Security number shall not be included on the license."
Obviously this sentence does not place any requirement on the Bureau of Driver
Licensing, but possibly only on an applicant. Furthermore, this sentence says
the "applicant shall include his Social Security number". If
someone has no social security number, then providing no social security number
would be in compliance with this provision of law. The only alternative would
be that this sentence simply does not apply to a person without a social
security number, as I am aware of no provision of commonwealth or federal law
that creates a requirement for me to obtain such a number.
Protocol prohibits me from second guessing your intentions in this matter.
Please state your intentions clearly, without ambiguity, and please state
them in regards to me personally. Your letter of October 29, 1998 implied
a willingness on your part to consider an application for a driver license
from someone without a social security number, so please follow through and
clarify. For the record, I wish to apply for a driver's license. I have no
social security number. I will not apply for a social security number. I
have an expired, out of state driver's license. I cannot provide you a
waiver as per 1510(f), since no such waiver exists as shown on previous
correspondence. Please inform me, based on the presumption that these
statements are true, if you will accept my application for a license. If
you will accept my application for a license, please instruct me on what
procedures I must follow. If you will not accept it, please state all
reasons why.
I thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
[signed]
Cornelius J. McIver
Encl: copy, your letter to me, January 11, 1999
Cc:
Pennsylvania State Police
[Address]
Honorable Michael Waugh
All information presented here is done so under the protection of the First, Fourth, Ninth, and Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, and article I section 2 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Furthermore, as established in the famous trial of William Penn in August 1670, and contrary to the unlawful instructions given by most American judges, in addition to judging the facts of a case, juries also have the right and duty to pass judgement on the law (meaning they may acquit a violator of the law if they believe the law in question is unconstitutional, immoral, just plain stupid, or if the penalty is deemed too harsh). Juries are also lawfully free to vote according to their conscience, above all other considerations.