At the time, lawmakers were worried about a federal registration system. Mary Fallin signed a bill in 2017 rescinding a law from a decade earlier that forbid the state from complying with Real ID. He blames Oklahoma lawmakers, who for years delayed the state’s implementation of Real ID after the federal government passed the law in 2005.
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He later got an appointment at a tag agency in south Oklahoma City, but it was two months away.Įarlier this month, Merrick gave his appointment to his wife, who also needed a Real ID card, and got his license from the Fort Gibson tag agency since he had meetings scheduled anyway in nearby Muskogee. He went back the next day but was 14 th in line. He got up early and tried lining up at a tag agency in Edmond, only to be told they weren’t taking appointments and were limiting it to 10 walk-ins each day. Merrick started getting his Real ID more than two months ago. Friends of Merrick in Oklahoma City have driven to Marlow, a two-hour round trip, to get their licenses renewed. Oklahoma City resident Frank Merrick was finally able to get his Real ID at a tag agency in Fort Gibson two weeks ago, after months of fits and starts. Separately, the state will continue to work with both DPS and tag agents to fix the “pain points” in the process causing delays. They will be similar in function to what was offered last summer when the demand for unemployment help amid the coronavirus pandemic caused massive delays at the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. To help clear the backlogs, the state plans to hold large driver’s license “megacenters” in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Still, the problems aren’t as acute in some rural areas, forcing many from larger cities to drive across the state to take care of an essential government function. The Effort to Build a New Oklahoma County Jail is a Decade in the Making It’s confusion for customers as they navigate delays and different websites for appointments, renewals or other online services. It’s the snowball effect of a year of temporary pandemic-related closures or diminished services at Department of Public Safety offices or privately run tag agencies across the state. It’s the learning curve and outages of a new system to verify and process the long-delayed rollout of Real ID in Oklahoma. Oklahoma’s driver’s license and testing system is in disarray, and there’s not a single reason for why. Others are risking traffic fines and fees by driving with expired licenses. The delays mean some people can’t verify their identity to pick up medicine from a pharmacy, do banking transactions, get into a bar or pick up a six-pack at a liquor store. Those are just a few of the experiences of unlucky Oklahoma residents who have tried in vain to get their driver’s licenses renewed, get a learner’s permit or take a driving test. And Annee Doyle waited in line for six hours at an Oklahoma City tag agency in March to renew a license but the computer system crashed and she was told to go home. Crystal Gaul’s son turned 16 in March but still hasn’t been able to get a learner’s permit. It’s been a year since international student Vitalii Mikhailov first tried to take a driving test.
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