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October 30, 2018Great news from Georgia DDS! Gender change now available for official driving and ID credentials! Photo: Georgia.gov
“Gender Change – A gender update requires applicants to submit a court order or physician’s letter certifying gender change. The letter or court order shall state the person’s name, date of birth, date of gender reassignment operation and other identifying information.”
No REAL ID Act gold star on my 2016 Georgia drivers license, but I got one on my issued-same-day official Georgia ID Card #DDSPhoto: Georgia.gov
According to the manager of the Kennesaw DDS office when I went back to ask why there is no star on my drivers license in September of 2018 (when I finally noticed it), I was informed that customers who are issued both the ID Card and the drivers license are only allowed to have a star on one or the other credential, not both. Nobody told me that when I was applying and nobody ever asked me which document I wanted the star on. I have since found this info on the DDS site. Not many people want to carry two cards to show TSA in the airport. Somebody at DDS should ask customers which document they want the secure star on.
October 29, 2018Tents to wait for asylum decisions…what an idea!
October 27, 2018IAG -Elections official responds to temporary driver’s licenses being used at GA pollsInsider Advantage Georgia October 26, 2018 Elections official responds to temporary driver’s licenses being used at GA polls We wish more officials would do this. Ms. Janine Eveler, Director of the Cobb County Elections and Registration, was kind enough to send this writer a response to my post on IAG earlier this week explaining that state law allows the drivers license Georgia issues to foreign nationals to be accepted as “proper identification” at the polls. We thought it fair – and educational – to share that reply with readers. The below is Ms. Eveler’s response: “We have only one staff member, a deputy registrar, who clears citizenship challenges. She is aware of the fact that a Georgia driver’s license or ID card with the words LIMITED TERM is not acceptable to clear the challenge. Since your record was not notated as pending citizenship verification, there was no need for the other staff members to seek this deputy registrar’s assistance. We cannot train every worker on every possible scenario, we have escalation procedures to handle unusual situations.” D.A. King is president of the Georgia-based Dustin Inman Society October 25, 2018Fast Fact: Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS) says Georgia drivers license/ID Card not proof of lawful status – and much morePhoto: Georgia.gov
–> “A Georgia DL/ID is not proof of lawful status in the U.S. so it is important to note that an expired LIMITED-TERM card does not mean the person is in the country illegally.” Here (4th paragraph), from the official DDS website. And…state law allows even an expired drivers license as “proper identification” at the polls. BTW: This (DDS) is the same credential-issuing office that told a reporter – in writing – that “Those non-citizens in Deferred Action Status are eligible for GA licenses and IDs per the Federal Dream Act (assuming that they meet all other GA licensing criteria).” *Bonus fact: DDS now issues credentials to illegal aliens in Employment Authorization Code category C-18. You can see USCIS description of code ‘C-18’ here on page 12-23. Very educational. October 23, 2018D.A. King in Insider Advantage Georgia today: Temporary driver’s license for foreign nationals acceptable ID at Georgia pollsInsider Advantage Georgia October 23, 2018 D.A. King This seems far, far away from “voter suppression.” The driver’s license Georgia issues to non-citizens – including illegal aliens who have already been ordered deported – is acceptable and “proper identification” when casting a ballot. This, according to multiple staffers at the main office of the Cobb Board of Elections and Registration office in Marietta when asked multiple times by this early voter last week. To get an answer I had to explain what a limited term license is. For those who are not well versed in the topic, the driver’s license DDS issues to foreigners is labeled “LIMITED TERM” across the top, which is the only difference between it and a U.S. citizen’s driver’s license.
Georgia’s temporary “Limited Term” drivers license. Photo: DDS. The acceptance appears to be in compliance with Georgia law (OCGA 21-2-417) which merely says “proper identification shall consist of any one of the following: A Georgia driver’s license which was properly issued by the appropriate state agency;…” This brings to mind the several attempts in the last few years under the Gold Dome to clarify the limitations of the limited term driver’s license, which, generally, is supposed to be valid for the period of an alien’s visa. In the 2017 General Assembly, House Rep Alan Powell introduced a bill to add “INELIGIBLE VOTER” – which was a compromise to his original language, which would have added the term “NON CITIZEN” to the non-citizens driver’s license. Powell came under heavy fire from the illegal alien lobby and his attempt at driver’s license/voter ID reform died. More than 20,000 aliens who have received a deferral in deportation proceedings or who have already been ordered deported also hold the same limited term license according to information from DDS early this year. In 2016, the state senate passed a bill sponsored by Senator Josh McKoon that would have marked the limited term driver’s license held by this group with “NO LAWFUL STATUS.” McKoon contended his bill would help prevent voter fraud and terrorism. The driving and ID credentials are also accepted as ID to enter federal buildings and to board airliners in America’s airports. Including the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO), corporate -funded opponents argued such reform would “stigmatize” people and represented a ‘Scarlett Letter’ for “immigrants.” The legislation died in the House. For this writer, the lunacy that a driver’s license designed and intended for foreign nationals is accepted as valid ID to vote in Georgia is surpassed by the fact that literally no official I have ever spoken to at my Cobb polling place over the years – supervisors included – had ever even heard of a “limited term” driver’s license. For a memorable first-hand education, readers may want to ask about this when they vote. You read it here first. D.A. King of Marietta is president of the Georgia-based Dustin Inman Society. October 22, 2018October 17, 2018October 15, 2018VIDEO: This is the “caravan” of well-informed Central American invaders on their way to the USA – they just crossed from Honduras into Guatamala – somebody is financing them to arrive just before the November election. The plan is to get them in to vote in future US elections.“Just weeks ahead of the midterms, a new migrant caravan is approaching the southern border. It seems very possible that the timing of this caravan’s arrival is intended to provoke the Trump administration.” Read the piece from CIS.org here.
“One of our researchers, during an annual border tour, once asked a Guatemalan woman near the Mexico-US border why she was crossing. “I saw people doing it on CNN,” she told him. Potential migrants (and smugglers) track US domestic politics closely, and react accordingly.” *Turn your sound up and make the video fill your screen. They will scream “asylum” and “family separation” when they get here if they are not stopped.
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