Drivers Service Center Will Be Open Today to Issue Voter Photo IDs

Saturday, February 4, 2012
by Elizabeth Hagood

The Greeneville-Greene County Drivers Service Center on Hal Henard Road will be open today to issue voter photo IDs.

The center will be open normal business hours from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. for the purpose of issuing voter photo IDs only.

A new state law went into effect on January 1 requiring citizens to present a federal or state-issued photo ID to vote at the polls. The law also requires the Department of Safety and Homeland Security to issue voter photo IDs at no charge.

The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security announced Thursday that 12,571 photo IDs had been issued for voting purposes from July 1, 2011 through January 30, 2012. Of those, 11,896 were non-photo driver licenses converted into photo driver licenses. 675 were original photo identification cards.

The Greeneville-Greene County Drivers Service Center will be open for the final Saturday on March 3 to issue voter photo IDs.