NC governor wants ID before jobless benefits

Published May 12, 2014 10:42pm ET



RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s unemployed should have to keep showing photo identification and prove they’re looking for work each week if they want to keep receiving jobless benefits, Gov. Pat McCrory said Monday.

The governor, speaking at a Raleigh unemployment office, said he wants the General Assembly this year to pass a law that affirms new state policy requiring people to present photo IDs as part of the benefit process. The Division of Employment Security already has been asking for ID in recent months as a way to curb fraud.

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