Quote:They must have some tough voter registration rules in Alabama.  Who knew you had to register while simultaneously taking a driver's road exam:

 

 

<p style="color:rgb(54,54,54);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;">The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency announced today that driver license examiners will no longer work at 31 part-time satellite offices not owned by the state...

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<p style="color:rgb(54,54,54);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;">ALEA said the reduction in service at the driver's license offices was caused by a cut in the agency's General Fund appropriation.

<p style="color:rgb(54,54,54);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;">ALEA spokeswoman Anna Morris said that examiners from ALEA's district offices will no longer spend a portion of their week traveling to and working in the county satellite offices.

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<p style="color:rgb(54,54,54);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;">That means people won't be able to test for a new driver's license in those county offices. But the counties could still provide services such as license renewal...

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<p style="color:rgb(54,54,54);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;">Law Enforcement Secretary Spencer Collier said ALEA's General Fund appropriation was reduced from $56 million to $45 million.

<p style="color:rgb(54,54,54);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;">Collier said the Driver License Division, which issues 1.2 million licenses a year, is understaffed and has 103 vacant positions.

<p style="color:rgb(54,54,54);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;">The 31 satellite locations handle less than 5 percent of driver license transactions, according to ALEA.