[Blindtlk] Picture ID's.

[Lloyd Rasmussen]

In Maryland they are available only through the Motor Vehicle
Administration's offices.  Since you shouldn't have to apply for or renew
one more often than five years or so, we haven't considered this to be a
battle worth fighting.  

Because they have you sign your name on an electronic pen-screen device, and
some people haven't successfully signed their names, some people have
stamped the non-driver card "unable to sign".  This is a real problem.


Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Mary McGee
> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 12:40 PM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Picture ID's.
> 
> Dear Readers;
> 
>             I'd be interesting in hearing how your states dispense picture
> ID's that aren't drivers' licenses.  Are the dispensed at transportation
> or
> MV departments only?  Or, can you get a first-time picture ID at an agency
> like a DVR or a CIL?  The reason I'm asking is that in Des Moines, the
> only
> location from where a person can obtain a first-time picture ID is from an
> Iowa Department of Transportation office that will not have public transit
> access when out bus system implements its future redesign.  That means
> you'll have to drive to the place to get a DL or the ID that they call a
> "non-operator's ID".  Does this make any sense?  I don't think so.  So,
> I'd
> like to know a little about how other states distribute picture ID's to
> people who can't or don't drive.  I'd like to know if there are locations
> for this on transit routes.
> 
>             I fail to understand why we can't have some kind of satellite
> office at IDB or DVR or some other place that's on a bus line and I'm
> considering taking this to our Chapter as an advocacy project.
> 
>             Thanks for the information.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Mary L. McGee
> 
> 
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