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A state audit revealed that North Carolina's DMV suffers from understaffing, low pay, and insufficient prioritization by the Department of Transportation.

The audit recommends separating the DMV from the DOT, creating an autonomous agency to address long wait times and operational inefficiencies.

While the House proposed budget increases for the DMV, the lack of a passed budget has stalled any improvements.

When Dave Boliek ran for State Auditor, he promised to investigate what it would take to fix the NC Department of Motor Vehicles. True to his word, Boliek has released a 435-page audit of his findings.

Some have complained about how much time and money was spent to tell us what we already knew, namely that DMV had too few employees, pay was insufficient and that

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