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[winterbadger]

So I spent the morning at the MVA and got a new license. Or, rather, I got a duplicate license, as they print a new one with the same information (unless you tell them something has changed--I didn't bother telling them I put on a few pounds...)

Now, I brought all the proof of ID and residence that they demand for new licenses, in case I needed it, but they didn't ask for any ID. They asked for my SSN (which is not on the license), but I'm guessing that they have the original image on file so they can look at me and see that I'm the person the license was issued to.

But they took a new photo.

Curious.

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[gr-c17.livejournal.com]

The new regs were for those who had not held a MD drivers license prior to a certain date. Otherwise it was just a renewal.

They digitized the database about 10 years ago. I had left w/o checking and found later that my name was misspelled. When I renewed four years later the agent pulled up my file and I saw everyone of my license's from my learners permit.

MD has always taken a new pic at renewal...in case you change your face!

Did you see a lot of kids getting id's? I mean 5,6,7, years old. There were a ton when I renewed a couple of weeks ago...never saw that before.

[winterbadger]

I didn't see a whole lot of kids, but there was a discussion I wish I could have listened to. A middle-aged Asian woman who looked maybe Filipino was there with two very cute teenage girls who looked almost Chinese but with very dark tans, all of whom were both talking and signing. They started out talking (some of them) to a large black lady in the "law room" section of the DMV, and then a Hispanic guy came over and started signing. His face looked as if he were somewhere between surprised and furious, but then he started laughing at something one of the girls had signed, and it became clear that the surprised/furious is just his default expression and doesn't actually signify anything... He ended up laughing and joking a lot with the girls and their (?) mom (?), but I was never able to actually figure out who was there or for what.