Intro: Residents applying for free State IDs will now be charged 11 dollars. Fanna (Fauna) Haile-Selassie (High-lay-suh-la-say) has more from the Capitol.
As result of a Cole County Circuit judge overturning the Voter ID law, the Department of Revenue has stopped issuing free State government-photo IDs.
It will also stop sending its mobile units to senior citizen centers for ID registration. The Department of Revenue's public information officer, Maura Browning explains why.
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Description: She says the government wants all state employees to implement the law even if they have to stop what they are doing. |
The attorney general's office plans to file a motion to a Cole County Circuit judge to allow the department to continue issuing free identification cards.
From the state Capitol, this is Fanna Haile-Selassie