Maine House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland) has introduced a bill for the second legislative session that would remove the requirement to prove legal presence in the U.S. in order to obtain a driver’s license.
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The bill, LD 1138, also proposes removing the requirement that an applicant for a driver’s license provide proof of being ineligible to receive a social security number if they do not provide a social security number on their application.
In cases of applicants for driver’s licenses or nondriver identification cards who are not U.S. citizens and not legal permanent residents of the U.S., Speaker Talbot Ross’ bill would repeal certain provisions that align the expiration of the applicant’s legal stay in the country with the expiration date of their license or card.
[RELATED: Mass Is Now Giving Illegal Aliens Driver’s Licenses…]
This would effectively allow noncitizens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. to obtain driver’s licenses or nondriver identification cards.
Although noncitizens are not legally able to vote in federal elections, registrars of voters are not required to check the immigration status of voter registration applicants.
Noncitizens who would be eligible to receive a driver’s license or state ID without proving legal presence in the U.S. under Talbot Ross’ bill, if passed, would therefore be able to illegally register to vote in Maine.
[RELATED: Massachusetts to Give Non-Citizens, Illegal Aliens Financial Aid for In-State Schools…]
Talbot Ross first introduced LD 1138 during the last legislative session, when it was referred to the Committee on Transportation, tabled in late May 2023, and carried over to the second legislative session in July.
Co-sponsors of Talbot Ross’ bill include Sen. Ben Chipman (D-Cumberland), Sen. Mike Tipping (D-Penobscot), Rep. Ambureen Rana (D-Bangor), and Rep. Lynne Williams (D-Bar Harbor).
The bill is scheduled for a public hearing before the Transportation Committee on Tuesday, Jan 16.
If passed, Maine would join a group of 19 states and Washington D.C. which have enacted laws allowing illegal aliens to obtain driver’s licenses, including Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Connecticut.
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NO WAY! This is the Democrats way to increase their voter base!
How do you know they can even drive – no written tests, no driving test?
How about the ‘Rules of the Road’? I doubt it, since most cannot speak, read or write in English.
Yes. They will vote. They will vote for us. This is the name of the game. Suck it up buttercups. Also, get ready to move aside, we have an army of immigrants coming to Maine soon. We will be replacing you and we’ll make you pay for them too. This is a global revolution against you and your capitalism/racism. The days are long gone that you will sit peacefully in your comfy whyte homes.
The commies in the ME legislature are at it again. Let’s be reminded that the instructors testing “refugee” drivers were failing so many of them that the ME BMV was facing a lawsuit unless they lowered the standards. I’m sure you’ve all seen these inexperienced and unqualified drivers on the roads. Add the fact that many East African male migrants chew Khat while driving (but don’t even think about stopping for a beer on the way home from work) just adds to the fun experience of being on the road.
Hey Connor this one is for you 🖕🏿you.
This Ross individual is a communist, elected by the communists in Southern Maine. When I moved to Maine after college fifty years ago, I never expected this sort of lowering of standards to happen here.
Presented by Speaker TALBOT ROSS of Portland.
Cosponsored by Senator CHIPMAN of Cumberland and
Representatives: RANA of Bangor, WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor, Senator: TIPPING of
Penobscot. These ‘representatives’ need to hear from those opposed to this bill. The ripple effect of this includes many things like our voting base, but also things like automobile insurance. If one cannot read/speak English fluently, how is one to understand an insurance contract or any contract for that matter? Isn’t that contract law 101? If one is not able to understand what’s in a contract, the transaction becomes null and void. Secondly, if a form of identification from a home country isn’t available, how is their identity validated? I’ve seen drivers’ licenses where the birthdate is 01/01/yyyy several times. Are they guessing their age and assigning a birthdate? There are so many questions we should have answers to. How are they passing the written exam part of the test? Are translators used and if so, is it at the expense of Maine tax payors? So very frustrating that much of what’s happening is not questioned and opposing voices are drowned out. While the people on the front lines are trying to do their best to adapt to what’s be shoved down their throats, the representatives who force their authority on us are wreaking havoc and untold damage. Many of them just use they’re office as a way to supplement their retirement by serving at least five years on office until they’re vested and can keep their government benefits long after they are no longer in office. But, if people would do a little research, find out who’s representing us in our districts and paying attention to what they’re sponsoring or co-sponsoring, it would help so much. As long as this information has to be transparent and publicly available, it’s really the only way we can see in black and white what they’re trying to do. Don’t listen to what they say, read it for yourselves.
Gardiner Schneider, We moved here in 1959 to get out of the Demo controled big city never thinking the comie would come to Maine. But it all started with Monejoy Hill Democrates. But they are here now . So move out and pay no taxes to Maine and let the east end of Portland pay for it all. They can have all the cheep labor they want. They will be a few at the top and all the rest of the low level party workers will just follow line, the comie line.
Rachel the Shoplifter, why stop there? You should propose legislation to pass out mail-in Maine ballots in Venezuela, Mexico, Costa Rica, Jamaica, China, Congo, Syria, Oman, etc….
I would like to know where talboob roos and her cronies supporting this bill were from before the moved here and who is funding them … ?? Georgie soros ? Illegal campaign finance money. Someone needs to get on this and try and get some 💩 on these commies . Like fanni Crack hole Willis.
This woman is an open, anti-White activist and she needs to be removed from power. Maine is supposedly the Whitest state in the nation and yet White Mainers, real Mainers, are allowing lawmakers to create laws that specifically target them and attack them because of their race. Allowing illegals to have licenses is merely just another way to chip away at White identity.
“TheCommieBOOT”,
WhenDemocrats outnumber Republicans 6:1, it doesn’t take a lot of money to win an election in Portland. For example, 9 of 9 city council members are also Democrats. Mayor Dion is at least a somewhat reasonable traditional Democrat. The rest are an assortment of commies along with one Sharia-compliant Muslim who the commies support.
Not only is “TV a vast wasteland” but so is Portland politically.
Poor, poor kkkonner. So young, so confused, such a troll. We use to read his/her dribble and laugh and laugh, good times but lately they’ve inched from amusing to slightly disturbing, sad. Anywho the fix is on the way! Not long now, the wheels are already grinding, the sails are raised waiting for the winds of war to blow. Alas poor, poor kkkonner, having been denied 4F due to gender conversion will be drafted and put on the front line with the rest of his/her misguided generation aka “cannon fodder Z”. Be sure to let your foxhole buddies how much you hate America, I hope they get as much enjoyment from your perspective as we have. Good luck.
Your state is fucked.
Rachael Talbot ross is a massive anti white racist.. period. If these were conservative Ukrainian illegal aliens she would be proposing the opposite.
I hope this Marxist trash keeps it up. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
Get rid of her.
My wife was in her car in a parking lot in Portland and one of our “new arrivals” backed into the the next spot. He didn’t know how to back up and scraped her car. The he pulled out and scraped it again before driving away. Fortunately she got a photo of his plate. When we contacted the police they said that the same car was stopped for DUI 2 weeks earlier. We all know that if they give illegal’s licenses that many won’t have insurance and Mainer’s will foot the bill. I can’t believe the crap that is coming out of Augusta.
A big thank you to the Maine Wire for real reporting seeing as the Soros gang owns almost all of the Maine news media.