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New Jersey Faces REAL ID Appointment Crisis as Deadline Looms

4/27/2025

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New Jersey lawmakers are feeling the heat as residents scramble for REAL ID appointments before the looming deadline. Assemblymembers Nancy Muñoz and Lou Greenwald voiced their frustrations over the MVC's in-person appointment system, urging for online processing to ease the growing backlog. Meanwhile, the MVC insists it’s issuing 23,000 REAL IDs each week.

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Story summary

New Jersey lawmakers are feeling the heat as residents scramble for REAL ID appointments before the looming deadline. Assemblymembers Nancy Muñoz and Lou Greenwald voiced their frustrations over the MVC's in-person appointment system, urging for online processing to ease the growing backlog. Meanwhile, the MVC insists it’s issuing 23,000 REAL IDs each week.