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North Carolina DMV seeks volunteers to help with long lines

RALEIGH, N.C. — Officials with the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles are enlisting volunteers to help with long lines at their driver's license offices.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reports DMV sent an email to all state Department of Transportation employees on Monday asking them to volunteer for four-hour shifts at the driver's license offices.

[RELATED: Drivers frustrated about long lines at DMV]

Last week, DMV Commissioner Torre Jessup acknowledged that customers at many DMV offices have been waiting for hours to see someone.

[LINK: REAL ID information]

Jessup said summer is usually a busy time at DMV offices, but this summer is particularly bad largely because people are heeding DMV's call to get a REAL ID, a form of driver's license that satisfies federal identification standards that will go into full effect in October 2020.

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