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US woman's last name too long for driver's license Sep 14th 2013, 01:04 HONOLULU— A U.S. woman's last name is so long that she can't get a driver's license with her correct name. Janice "Lokelani" Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele is fighting to make it happen.   The documents only have room for 35 characters, so Hawaii County instead issued her driver's license and her state ID with the last letter of her name chopped off. And it omitted her first name.   The 54-year-old wrote her mayor and city councilwoman for help, but the county said the state of Hawaii computer system they used wouldn't allow names longer than 35 characters.   Her name has 35 letters plus a mark used in the Hawaiian alphabet, called an okina. ... Keep on reading: US woman’s last name too long for driver’s license Media files: last-name.jpg (image/jpeg)

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