A group of citizens opposed to a new state law that puts driver’s licenses in the hands of people living illegally in Massachusetts has collected enough signatures to potentially overturn the measure.
Jim Lyons, chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party, confirmed on Aug. 22 that of the 75,000 signatures the group collected, 50,617 of them have been certified by the Massachusetts Secretary of the State—putting them well over the 40,000 signatures required to put the new Democrat-driven law to a ballot vote in November.
That means voters, not lawmakers, will decide if illegal immigrants will be given driver’s licenses.
“Despite a radical effort with a do-whatever-it-takes mentality to stand in the way of this democratic process, the people of Massachusetts have stood up and said enough is enough,” Lyons told The Epoch Times….