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Joint committee adopts wording "not a US citizen" for ID cards
Summary
A joint legislative committee voted by voice to adopt House wording requiring the phrase “not a US citizen” on driver credentials; YDOT staff recommended placing the designation on the back of the card and said Real ID status is not a citizenship marker.
A joint committee meeting adopted the House wording to place the phrase “not a US citizen” on driver credentials and approved the change by a voice vote.
The matter matters because the wording and placement will determine how election workers and law-enforcement view an individual’s credential and affects roughly 9,000–10,000 noncitizen residents who hold either temporary or permanent lawful-status credentials, according to agency testimony.
Taylor Rossetti, deputy director at YDOT, told the…
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