From: johnl@iecc.com   
      
   >qualify but the majority of casual crossers will be presenting   
   >passports to return home to the US.  Only a handful of states have   
   >enhanced licences anyway.   
      
   True, but New York, Michigan, and Washington issue EDLs, as do   
   Ontario, Quebec, and B.C., which includes a large fraction of the   
   people who live near the border.   
      
   Nonetheless, for reasons I don't understand EDLs are a bust.  As far   
   as I can tell, an EDL can do everything a passport card can do, is   
   cheaper and faster to get, and is one less card in your wallet.  But I   
   was talking to someone the other day here in NY who'd just gotten a   
   passport card, and wasn't even aware that EDLs exist.  Apparently the   
   demand in Quebec is so low they're thinking of discontinuing them.   
      
   ObRail: both EDLs and passport cards are valid on the three train   
   routes that cross the US-Canada border.   
      
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