Following a Monday report in the Washington Post that Virginia McLaurin, the 107-year-old DC resident who danced with the Obamas, had been unable to obtain a new photo ID, DC has relaxed its ID requirements.
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser on Tuesday announced a new regulation that allows residents over the age of 70 to obtain a photo ID without their birth certificate, according to the Washington Post. The regulation that adds to the list of documents accepted by the Department of Motor Vehicles is effective immediately.
Bowser and two other DC officials met with McLaurin on Tuesday to help her complete the paperwork for a new ID. She has received a temporary ID while she waits for the photo ID to come in the mail, according to the Post.
McLaurin first made headlines in February when a video of her dancing with the Obamas at the White House went viral.
On Monday, the Washington Post’s Courtland Milloy described McLaurin’s attempts to try to obtain a photo ID, which she would need to travel for a flood of interview requests she has received since her visit to the White House. She needed her birth certificate to obtain a photo ID in DC but, in a catch 22, she needed a photo ID to get her birth certificate from her birthplace in South Carolina.
