The ACLU is suing the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration over changes to driver’s licenses.
This lawsuit challenges the department’s recent decision that state-issued driver’s licenses and photo IDs would list “male” or “female” as stated on the ID-holder’s birth certificate.
The revised policy prevents ID-holders from changing the gender on their ID without documentation. It also eliminates the option of listing an “X” in place of “male” or “female.” This will better safeguard the integrity of driver’s licenses and other photo IDs the State of Arkansas issues. The ACLU argues the state made the change abruptly without following the normal rulemaking process.
Arkansas law makes it possible to change a birth certificate — including the sex listed on a birth certificate, if the person’s name legally has been changed and the person has undergone a surgical sex-change procedure. Practically speaking, the driver’s license policy just ensures people follow the process outlined in state law if they want to change the gender listed on a driver’s license.
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