Alabama Closes DMVs in Black Counties

[Lexington'96]

On one hand, the DMV is terrible, but on the other hand, how are people in those counties supposed to get their driver's licenses?

 

[Angel4Truth]

Tell me again how this ISN'T racism, and ISN'T voter fraud.



Alabama to stop issuing driver’s licenses in counties with 75% black registered voters

You mean they are actually closing some government agencies in counties that are very impoverished (whose local tax base is quite low and they are having budget issues) instead of cutting police and fire protection, say it isnt so!

How racist to cut the least needed services first.

 

[MarcATL]

You mean they are actually closing some government agencies in counties that are very impoverished (whose local tax base is quite low and they are having budget issues) instead of cutting police and fire protection, say it isnt so!

How racist to cut the least needed services first.

It's always some excuse for the willingly ignorant.

*SMH*

 

[Quetzal]

You mean they are actually closing some government agencies in counties that are very impoverished (whose local tax base is quite low and they are having budget issues) instead of cutting police and fire protection, say it isnt so!

How racist to cut the least needed services first.

Aren't DMV locations run by the state? That is, their budget comes from the state funds while the police and fire budgets come from county/city budgets. If that is the case, this isn't a fair comparison.

 

[Angel4Truth]

Aren't DMV locations run by the state? That is, their budget comes from the state funds while the police and fire budgets come from county/city budgets. If that is the case, this isn't a fair comparison.

Satellite locations are handled by the county.

Read the op. Its just the satellite locations being closed.

Do you really believe that the city of montgomery is intending to have no dmv, when that is the state capitol, it is located in montogomery county and where the head of the dmv for the state is.

Montgomery County is a county in the State of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, its population was 229,363.[2] Its county seat is Montgomery.[3]

Montgomery County is included in the Montgomery, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area.

 

[Angel4Truth]

It's always some excuse for the willingly ignorant.

*SMH*

Willfully ignorant, the idiot who wrote the story, and the idiot who posted it without checking into it, and the idiots who believe it.

 

[Quetzal]

Satellite locations are handled by the county.

Read the op. Its just the satellite locations being closed.

Do you really believe that the city of montgomery is intending to have no dmv, when that is the state capitol, it is located in montogomery county and where the head of the dmv for the state is.

I am still pretty suspicious. However, if there are alternatives to renewing that do not require you to go to a brick-mortar (Ktoyou I believe mentioned you can) location, I would be okay with it. The only hassle appears to be if you are applying for a new license and have never had one before or if you are over 65. A hassle for sure, but I am not ready to call foul just yet.

 

[Angel4Truth]

I am still pretty suspicious. However, if there are alternatives to renewing that do not require you to go to a brick-mortar (Ktoyou I believe mentioned you can) location, I would be okay with it. The only hassle appears to be if you are applying for a new license and have never had one before or if you are over 65. A hassle for sure, but I am not ready to call foul just yet.

For those who dont know what a satellite dmv location is, its additional side locations placed in places like shopping malls, etc.. for convenience and to lesson the load of the primary agency to assist in things like drivers license renewals and car tags.

A sattelite location is NOT the main dmv locations.

Another example would be being able to get your car tag at the local grocery store.

 

[Ktoyou]

On one hand, the DMV is terrible, but on the other hand, how are people in those counties supposed to get their driver's licenses?

What DMV?

 

[Angel4Truth]

If only her information were true.

It is true and no actual dmv location is closing, its only the satellite locations closing - even the rag op article states its the satellite locations closing. (which again are not the main county dmvs but additional convenience locations)

The op needs to revise their lying title.

 

[Angel4Truth]

......Each of the satellite offices that are closing were only open part-time and are not owned by the state. The driver license examiners who worked at the satellite offices will be reallocated to full-time staff at district driver license offices effective Wednesday, ALEA said in a release.

State officials say the combined efforts of the 31 part-time satellite locations that are closing accounted for less than five percent of all of the Alabama driver license transactions ALEA performs. They said the busiest of all of the satellite locations did fewer than 2,000 transactions in 2014.

Alabama issues an average of 1.2 million driver licenses per year, according to ALEA.

After the 31 satellite offices close, there will still be 44 ALEA district offices where people can get their driver licenses renewed, Senior Trooper Johnathan Appling confirmed. Each of those offices is ALEA-owned.

No ALEA personnel are losing their jobs due to the closures, Appling said. Previously, the examiners spent time at different satellite offices on certain days of the week. Now the examiners will stay in the district offices full-time.

"We're just going to have to discontinue a few services that are going to be a slight inconvenience but I think it is going to be very minimum compared to what it could have been. We saw this coming long term unfortunately we look at cuts as a necessary part of our existence unfortunately," Cpl. Jesse Thornton said.

Read more: http://www.fox10tv.com/story/301532...nse-offices-to-close-in-alabama#ixzz3nQy4Z7lk

No regular district dmv office is closing, only the side convenience locations (like in malls and stores)

 

[glorydaz]

What matters to the vote riggers is aggregate statistic on how identifiable groups vote. Old people vote Republican.

Not true. For generations my family voted Democrat....because Democrat used to be what it no longer is. My folks didn't notice the change that had come over the party. Lots of people just vote for a party out of habit.

 

[glorydaz]

There are some old people I know, and have known, who never voted Republican because in their minds, the Republicans destroyed the South. They may be stuck way in the past, but they are of this mindset, and they are always very old, over 70 at least.

Just like their daddy and his daddy before him, some very old people here always vote democrat.

Yep, I should have read this and I could have saved myself the trouble.

 

[glorydaz]

You mean they are actually closing some government agencies in counties that are very impoverished (whose local tax base is quite low and they are having budget issues) instead of cutting police and fire protection, say it isnt so!

How racist to cut the least needed services first.

The dems are mad because they want to buy the votes of the poor folks on welfare, but they don't want to have to transport them to the next county to do it. :chuckle:

 

[Angel4Truth]

The dems are mad because they want to buy the votes of the poor folks on welfare, but they don't want to have to transport them to the next county to do it. :chuckle:

They still dont have to transport them to the next county, no actual dmv location closed, only the extra side ones, the local county offices are all still intact.

The writer of the article is lying, disingenuous, or just plain ignorant of what a satellite dmv actually is.

 

[MarcATL]

It is true and no actual dmv location is closing, its only the satellite locations closing - even the rag op article states its the satellite locations closing. (which again are not the main county dmvs but additional convenience locations)

The op needs to revise their lying title.

Why remove those satellites in those specific precincts?

 

[Ktoyou]

To vote in Alabama:
One is required to have one of the following,
-Valid Alabama driver's license or non-driver ID card
-Valid photo voter ID card or other valid ID card issued by any state or the federal government , as long as it contains a photo
-Valid U.S. passport
-Valid government employee ID card with a photo
-Valid student or employee ID card issued by a college or university in the state, provided it includes a photo
-Valid U.S. military ID card containing a photo
-Valid tribal ID card containing a photo
Vote a provisional ballot or vote a regular ballot if s/he is identified by two election officials as an eligible voter on the poll list, and both election workers sign a sworn affidavit so stating. Note: Election officials are NOT all white people, in fact, in some counties, they are more likely black.

Anyone who is a resident of Alabama may receive a free voter ID, without a picture ID if one provides their full legal name and date of birth. Anyone who has attended a public school will be verified. Most all persons of African descent have resided in Alabama since birth; the problem with closing of DPS drivers license division offices, a fiscal measure, is blown out of proportion, as usual, by those who wish to stigmatize our state.

 

[Angel4Truth]

Why remove those satellites in those specific precincts?

Perhaps you need to read the op again, and then see the actual listing of closed locations. They are closing them all over the state. Only an idiot could see this as a racist thing.

Did you also read that the satellite locations aren't even owned by the state and no actual dmv county OFFICE is closing?

 

[Angel4Truth]

To vote in Alabama:
One is required to have one of the following,
-Valid Alabama driver's license or non-driver ID card
-Valid photo voter ID card or other valid ID card issued by any state or the federal government , as long as it contains a photo
-Valid U.S. passport
-Valid government employee ID card with a photo
-Valid student or employee ID card issued by a college or university in the state, provided it includes a photo
-Valid U.S. military ID card containing a photo
-Valid tribal ID card containing a photo
Vote a provisional ballot or vote a regular ballot if s/he is identified by two election officials as an eligible voter on the poll list, and both election workers sign a sworn affidavit so stating. Note: Election officials are NOT all white people, in fact, in some counties, they are more likely black.

Anyone who is a resident of Alabama may receive a free voter ID, without a picture ID if one provides their full legal name and date of birth. Anyone who has attended a public school will be verified. Most all persons of African descent have resided in Alabama since birth; the problem with closing of DPS drivers license division offices, a fiscal measure, is blown out of proportion, as usual, by those who wish to stigmatize our state.

No dmv state office is being closed, only the part time convenience satellite locations are closing. *like that in a grocery store or mall that is part time to alleviate traffic at the local offices for convenience*

 

[Angel4Truth]

From the op

“Because Alabama just took a giant step backward,” he wrote. “Take a look at the 10 Alabama counties with the highest percentage of non-white registered voters. That’s Macon, Greene, Sumter, Lowndes, Bullock, Perry, Wilcox, Dallas, Hale, and Montgomery

Now take a look at the actual counties in the closings:

The following satellite offices are now closed:

Baldwin County: Bay Minette, 300 Hoyle Avenue, Bay Minette, AL 36507
Bibb County: Centreville, Bibb Co CH Annex, 8 Ct Square W Suite A, Centreville, AL 35042
Bullock County: Union Springs, Police Dept, 303 N. Prairie St, Union Springs AL, 36089
Butler County: Greenville, Butler Co CH, 101 S. Conecuh Street, Greenville, AL 36037
Chambers County: Lafayette, 9 Jane Place, Lafayette, AL 36862
Cherokee County: Centre, 260 Cedar Bluff Road, Centre, AL 35960
Choctaw County: Butler, 117 South Mulberry, Butler, AL 36427
Clay County: Ashland, County Extension Bldg., 93 County Road 31, Ashland, AL 36251
Cleburne County: Heflin, 279 Martin Luther King Drive, Heflin, AL 36264
Coosa County: Rockford, 309 Jackson Street, Rockford, AL 35136
Crenshaw County: Luverne, Crenshaw Co CH, 301 Glenwood Avenue, Luverne, AL 36049
Escambia County: Brewton, Escambia Co CH, 314 Belleville Avenue, Brewton, AL 36426
Fayette County: Fayette, Fayette Co CH Annex, 103 1st Ave NE, Fayette, AL 35555
Franklin County: Russellville, Franklin Co CH, 410 N. Jackson Avenue, Russellville, AL 35653
Geneva County: Geneva, Geneva Co CH, 200 N Commerce Street, Geneva, AL 36340
Greene County: Eutaw, Green Co CH, 400 Morrow Ave, Eutaw, AL 35462
Hale County: Greensboro, 701 Hall Street, Greensboro, AL 36744
Henry County: Abbeville, Henry Co CH, 101 Court Square, Abbeville, AL 36310
Lamar County: Vernon, Lamar County Jail, 1118 County Road 9, Vernon, AL 35592
Lawrence County: Moulton, 14451 Market Street Suite 150, Moulton, AL 35650
Lowndes County: Hayneville, 105 East Tuskeena Street, Hayneville, AL 36044
Macon County: Tuskegee, Gomillion Bldg. 302 South Main Street Tuskegee, AL 36083
Perry County: Marion, Perry Co CH Annex, 1710 S. Washington St Ste 104, Marion, AL 36756
Pickens County: Carrollton, 20 Phoenix Avenue, Carrollton, AL 35447
St. Clair County: Ashville, 48 Court Street, Ashville, AL 35953
Sumter County: Livingston, 104 Hospital Drive, Livingston, AL 35470
Tallapoosa County: Alexander City, Tallapoosa Co CH Annex, 395 Lee St, Alex City, AL 35010
Tallapoosa County: Dadeville, Dadeville Co CH, 125 N. Broadnax St, Dadeville, AL 36853
Washington County: Chatom Washington Co CH, Chatom, AL 36518
Wilcox County: Camden, 219 Claiborne Street, Bldg 3 Suite D, Camden, AL 36726
Winston County: Double Springs, Double Sp Munic Bldg, 23415 Hwy 195, Double Springs, AL 35553


Read more: http://www.fox10tv.com/story/301532...nse-offices-to-close-in-alabama#ixzz3nR6KSx5C

Note, op references dallas and montgomery country too, yet none closed there and they ignore all those other counties where they closed, specifically the 2 in talapoosa county which is primarily white and all those other counties where they closed... :think:

Liberals will buy any lie, if they see it in print.