Bill aims to stop people from selling SOS appointments online
A backlog at SOS branches means appointments are valuable and hard to come by
and last updated 2021-07-09 20:58:24-04
WXMI â Secretary of State appointments are still scarce.
Despite a recent addition of roughly 350,000 new appointments at state branches through September, many are still struggling to schedule a convenient time. That has, in part, to do with the practice of people scheduling up appointments only to turn around and sell them online.
âWeâve heard of this being a pretty persistent problem across the state, Iâve talked to other legislators whoâve seen it,â said state Rep. Ranjeev Puri, D â Canton Township. âItâs definitely happening but it is unfortunately hard to quantify.â