A Denver district judge voided Colorado’s rule that applicants for a driver’s license or state ID card need two specifics types of identification to prove legal presence, age and identity.
Judge Larry J. Naves determined the Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles, a branch of the Department of Revenue, violated state law requiring public hearings before it decided which forms of identification would be acceptable to obtain a driver’s license or ID card.
Revenue Director M. Michael Cooke said it’s too early to tell what this means to the state process of getting those documents and stopped short of saying rampant fraud could result.
The ruling is the result of a lawsuit brought by lawyers advocating for homeless people and others who have had difficulty getting IDs, in some cases despite a litany of records they say should be enough to prove who they are.
