Hearing on Real ID licenses Friday
A state Superior Court judge will hear arguments Friday on whether New Jersey can implement nationally standardized drivers’ licenses.
The state Motor Vehicle Commission planned to roll out the new licenses in May but was stopped by an injunction issued by Mercer County Superior Court Judge Paul Innes after the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey sued.
The ACLU claims the MVC erred by revising proof-of-ID rules without a full public vetting and that the changes could affect civil rights by requiring that all documents, including birth certificates, be in English, and that the homeless will have difficulty proving citizenship under the proposed regulations.
The tougher rules would require drivers to show Social Security documents as proof of ID and would no longer allow use of certain primary documents, such as a recently expired passport. (Jordan, Asbury Park Press)
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