MS made it easier to change gender on IDs, licenses. It was reversed with one sentence Read more at
The first memo, announcing a new policy making it easier for Mississippians to change the gender marker on their driver’s licenses and state identification, was eight paragraphs long and accompanied by a new form that all Driver Service Bureau employees were instructed to accept.
Five days later, an email taking it all back consisted of a single sentence:
“The memorandum and form, dated October 28, 2021, and sent to all Driver Services Employees was sent without proper authorization and should not be utilized,” wrote Keith Davis, deputy commissioner of operations at the Mississippi Department of Public Safety.
The email was addressed to “All Driver Services Staff” and sent at 4:12 p.m. on Nov. 2, about 10 hours after the Sun Herald first reported on the new policy.
It isn’t clear why the department felt it had to act so quickly after the policy change became more widely known.
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