TRENTON, N.J. – Motor Vehicle Commission operations became a flashpoint in the governor’s race as Jack Ciattarelli and Mikie Sherrill clashed over whether in-person services should return to pre-pandemic levels.

Many of the state’s MVC employees are tele-commuting, working from home since COVID-19 shut down centers statewide.

They are still working from home, and the service quality of the MVC has gone from bad to worse since.

Ciattarelli said that if elected, MVC workers will be back in customer service centers full-time, ending the heavy reliance on online scheduling and long appointment backlogs.

He pointed to Florida as an example, where residents can walk in without an appointment and leave the same day with a Real ID. By contrast, he said, New Jerseyans are forced to book appoint

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