DMV could revoke thousands of California licenses due to mysterious testing ‘anomalies’

Los Angeles Times ^ | July 7, 2026 3 AM PT | Clara Harter

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• The California DMV has warned about 11,000 drivers that “testing anomalies” could void their written exams.

• Those notified must retake the test within 30 days or risk losing their licenses.

Thousands of Californians have received letters from the Department of Motor Vehicles informing them that irregularities were found in their written test results and that they will lose their licenses unless they retake the exam within 30 days.

The letters have left many Californians scratching their heads as to what went wrong and scrambling to reschedule their tests to ensure they don’t lose the ability to drive.

“It’s a major headache for people who maybe don’t have reliable transportation,” Sacramento resident David Specht said. “A single parent raising a kid, they have to take time off work, they have to get child care. It just seems like if that’s our system, it isn’t really working for us.”

A spokesperson for the DMV wrote in an email that the agency had “identified anomalies in the results of certain knowledge tests” and that as a result about 11,000 people are being notified that they must retake the exam.

The spokesperson said the letters were a result of the DMV’s regular internal monitoring process, and did not respond to questions on the nature of the irregularities detected — such as whether they were suspected to be evidence of cheating or the result of internal technical problems.

“Ensuring the integrity of our testing process is essential,” the spokesperson stated. “Knowledge tests play a critical role in confirming that drivers understand the rules of the road before they are licensed to drive in California.”

Specht, 36, said he took the written test in January after relocating to Sacramento from Chicago. He was then very confused when he received the warning letter last month and...

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[existentially_kuffer]

Geezers & Democratic Communist run government.

[The Free Engineer]

Let me guess... they will charge a fee for retaking the test.

[TLI]

I smell AI in this.

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[Jamestown1630]

California government can’t seem to do anything right; but Newsom seems to think he can be President?

[ChessExpert]

Tests that include “MOFO,” or some version thereof, will gain an additional 20 points.

[ridesthemiles]

CANNOT SPEAK/READ/ENGLISH?

[DAC21]

11,000? Pffft, probably dropped 2 zeros.

[BipolarBob]

What? They were graded by the latest version of Dominion machines.

[Scrambler Bob]

I have seen test-takers use their phone to get help from a confederate.

[doorgunner69]

” It just seems like if that’s our system, it isn’t really working for us.”

You voted for it, chump!

[Karliner]

During COVID in 2021 I was in trying to get a Real ID to travel but the DMV refused my adopted Birth Cert.

While trying to figure it all out there was a group(3) of Mexicans at a semi private table coached by another dude giving them the answers in Spanish.

Those guys probably all passed the test and I had to go through almost three years of lawyers and Sacto to get a Real ID.

Oh the irony( I just got my Real ID three months ago)

[Robert A Cook PE]

Sounds like systematic, widespread cheating by one orcmore test centers. Or test monitors.

Did you notice the writer (er, propagandist) immediately began quoting government sources inventing the poor, single parents, childcare expenses as reasons cheating should be encouraged and accepted?

[eyedigress]

California gonna take their “ability” to drive.

Sounds kinda rough.

[TexasGator]

“began quoting government sources”

Reread the article. Not a government source.