“The North Carolina legislature… passed the mother of all voter suppression bills. Aside from enacting a strict voter id law… the bill also cut a week off early voting in the state (used by up to 70% of African-American voters in 2012) and barred local election boards from keeping the polls open on the final Saturday before the election after 1 pm. It eliminated same-day voter registration. It opened up the precincts to “challengers” who can gum up the works at polling places and dissuade voters from showing up in the first place…” slate/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/08/north_carolina_s_speedy_vote_suppression_tactics_show_exactly_why_the_voting.html?wpisrc=flyouts
Posted on: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 17:27:05 +0000
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