It’s Official: Voters Will Decide Fate of Licenses For Illegals

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.

The group, which began collecting signatures at the end of June, also beat their deadline of Aug. 24  to collect the needed number of signatures from Bay Staters.

They plan to hold a press conference that day on the steps of the state capital to officially announce their accomplishment, one especially underscored by the New England state’s rank as the most liberal state in the United States.

Many of the signature collectors reportedly withstood violent attacks, including one volunteer who said he was punched in the face by a man who was yelling at him in a foreign language outside a Walmart in Waltham.

In outlining the Aug. 20 incident in a sworn statement, Paul Reggio said the man also spat in his face.

When police arrived it was Reggio, not the man who assaulted him, who was accosted by police, according to his statement.

“The two officers continued yelling that I need to leave or be arrested in a loud tone of voice,” stated Reggio who was

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