King and Chandler Differ on Driver's License Issuance

Gary King
From the New Mexico Independent - New Mexico should create two types of drivers’ licenses – one for American citizens and another for non-citizens, Attorney General Gary King said Wednesday. New Mexico is one of three states in the U.S. to issue driver’s licenses to non-citizens, a status so controversial that both candidates in the New Mexico governor’s race support stopping the practice.

Matt Chandler
King’s Republican opponent, Matt Chandler, the district attorney in the 9th Judicial District, meanwhile also has come out against the practice, saying that he’d work to repeal it law if elected. But King, who is seeking re-election, struck a middle ground Wednesday, not supporting repeal but acknowledging that the law could be improved, which is where the two-tiered driver’s license idea came in. Read more here:



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