I think this may be a problem with federal regulations and not the state. In Georgia when renewing a license you need a birth certificate or pass port so the drivers license is a verified federal document to board airplanes etc. There may be a work around.
There’s always a workaround. She had a driver’s license before but let it lapse, so obviously she had presented something to get the license in the first place and could do so again.
She’s just being used.