Intro: Residents applying for free State IDs will now be charged 11 dollars. Fanna (Fauna) Haile-Selassie (High-lay-suh-la-say) has more from the Capitol.
As result of a Cole County Circuit judge overturning the Voter ID law, the Department of Revenue has stopped issuing free State government-photo IDs.
It will also stop sending its mobile units to senior citizen centers for ID registration. The Department of Revenue's public information officer, Maura Browning explains why.
The attorney general's office plans to file a motion to a Cole County Circuit judge to allow the department to continue issuing free identification cards.
From the state Capitol, this is Fanna Haile-Selassie
Actuality: BROWNING.WAV
Run Time: 00:11
Description: She says the government wants all state employees to implement the law even if they have to stop what they are doing.
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