I can’t afford to get my license back, but need it to go to my job and take my daughter to school,” said Danielle Pierce, an Everett resident who is a plaintiff in the case. I had to drive to work though, and so the tickets for driving without a license and thousands of dollars in additional fines, fees, and interest piled on over the years. “When my license was suspended, I was living in my car and unable to pay the ticket. The lawsuit also alleges that license suspension for failure to pay a ticket is an unconstitutionally excessive punishment. The lawsuit claims that Washington’s law authorizing automatic and mandatory license suspensions for failure to pay moving violation fines violates the state constitution’s rights to due process and equal protection, due to the additional punishments it levies on individuals with low or no income. OLYMPIA – The ACLU of Washington has filed a lawsuit on behalf of individuals who have had their driver’s licenses suspended by the Washington Department of Licensing (DOL) because they were unable to pay fines and fees for moving violations.
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