County Clerk Michael Cianfrini says the Genesee County Motor Vehicle Office is unable to process license applications for undocumented non- citizens at this time.
Cianfrini says the County Motor Vehicle Office employees have no training to identify foreign documents, nor can they translate them.
“We are not in a position to process undocumented workers,” says Cianfrini.
Any undocumented non-citizen showing up at the County DMV office will be referred to the state run DMV office in Syracuse, located at 4671 Onondaga Blvd.
Also of concern, says Cianfrini, is the use of a touch screen device at the County DMV office which NYS installed and is used in every transaction.
The touch screen device would give an undocumented non-citizen the opportunity to register to vote. Cianfrini says workers at the County Motor Vehicle Office have no way to monitor the touch screens during the transaction and no way to tell if a non-citizen illegally registered to vote.
He also says the County Board of Elections has no means to monitor illegal voters.
Cianfrini says since the passage of the law this past week, County Clerks across the state are involved in ongoing discussions about the Green Light Law and new regulations and rules.