NC could lose $48.7M after CDLs flagged by federal government
While the letter does not immediately impose that sanction, it makes clear that decertification remains an option if compliance is not restored.
The executive director of North Carolina’s State Board of Elections is asking the head of the Division of Motor Vehicles for Social Security numbers of DMV customers who are also registered voters. The request is designed to help state elections officials “maintain the most accurate voter rolls possible.”
If key issues aren’t addressed, Boliek said customers will continue to face service delays, excessive wait times, and require multiple visits to driver’s license offices.
The NC Division of Motor Vehicles will now accept walk-in customers all day, effective immediately, at 82 of the 115 driver's license offices around the state.
North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles (NCDMV) Commissioner Paul Tine, along with NC Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Secretary Joey Hopkins, Gov. Josh Stein, and others, held a press conference Friday at the Raleigh East Driver License Office to discuss solutions that are underway to fix the longstanding issues that have affected the NCDMV for years.
The long-awaited NC Department of Motor Vehicles audit by state Auditor Dave Boliek’s office is just weeks away from being completed and released.