QUOTE: “Mrs. Eaton, who was born at home, has a current North Carolina driver’s license, but the name on her certified birth certificate does not match the name on her driver’s license or the name on her voter registration card,” the lawsuit notes. “Mrs. Eaton will incur substantial time and expense to correct her identification documents to match her voter registration record in order to meet the new requirements.” In a statement on Monday, Advancement Project Director Penda Hair pointed out that North Carolina was the first state to sign a “discriminatory voting law” since the Supreme Court struck down parts of the Voting Rights Act. “With the stroke of his pen, Gov. McCrory has transformed North Carolina from a state with one of the nation’s most progressive voting systems, where we saw some of the highest voter turnout rates of the last two presidential elections, into a state with the most draconian policies we’ve seen in decades, policies that harken back to the days of Jim Crow,” Hair explained.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 19:16:34 +0000
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