Rep. Terri Sewell with President Obama and Civil Rights movement veteran Amelia Boynton Robinson. Alabama continues to face pressure over its decision to close 31 driver's license offices, including ones in eight out of 10 of its most heavily non-white counties. Since Alabama's voter ID law recently went into effect, driver's licenses aren't just about driving but about exercising the right to vote, and despite the Supreme Court's gutting of the Voting Rights Act: Rep.