Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
In fact. AFAIK you normally can't renew by mail (or by dropping off and picking up an envelope the next day), but there was an exception for a while during COVID-19.
Many states have been renewing online for years. They have just conceded it is the honor system to only have one driver's license. I carried two for years and it still save me once. Yes, it was still illegal. In my particular state, we just renew in person every other time (gotta take a vision test) but that adds up to 12 years.