The Department of Homeland Security is
granting South Carolina an extension to comply with a new federal
ID law.

Word came in a letter from the federal agency six hours after Governor Mark Sanford said the state would not comply with the new law.

Sanford wrote Homeland Security Michael Chertoff and told him
the state does much of what the federal law requires.

Chertoff responded by saying it is clear South Carolina is on its way to complying so the state would get an extension.

Without the extension, South Carolina travelers' state driver's licenses wouldn't have been enough to get them aboard airplanes or into federal facilities beginning May 11.

Maine is the last state without an agreement with the federal
government.