Tag: Voter Suppression

So, what will the new Guv do for the 613,000?

January 8, 2013 at 8:31 amCategory:Uncategorized

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Governor McCrory says he favors a new North Carolina law that would require all voters to show a photo ID before they are allowed to vote. He also said on the day of his swearing in that he wanted North Carolina to be “a state undivided.” According to John Frank’s “Morning Memo” in Raleigh News & Observer, however:

“A new report from the State Board of Elections found as many as 613,000 voters, or 9.25 percent of the North Carolina’s voters, may not have a state issued driver’s licensed or identification card.”

So, tell us Governor: What’s the plan? How will you make us “a state undivided” if one of the first things you plan to do is make it much harder for one-in-11 adults to exercise a core constitutional right?

Survey results: Minorities and Dems more likely to encounter long voting lines

November 8, 2012 at 1:27 pmCategory:Uncategorized

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In addition to gerrymandering, there appears to have been another built-in advantage for conservative candidates in Tuesday’s election: It’s easier to vote in conservative, Republican areas.

This from Talking Points Memo:

“Voters across the country complained about long waits in states around the country, as long as seven hours in quadrenially troubled Florida, where Republican Gov. Rick Scott dramatically reduced early voting days despite similar issues in 2008.

If Democrats think measures like Scott’s in Republican-controlled states depress their vote specifically, they may be onto something. A Hart Research study sponsored by the AFL-CIO found wait times were disproportionately longer for Democrats and Democratic-leaning demographics by huge margins in 2012. For example, 16 percent of Obama voters reporter lines longer than 30 minutes, versus just 9 percent of Romney voters.”

And obviously, this was all a great big, unintentional coincidence.

Senior McCain strategist dismisses voter fraud “mythology”

November 5, 2012 at 3:51 pmCategory:Uncategorized

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Talk about going off script! Check out this video excerpt (courtesy of the folks at Think Progress) of Steve Schmidt — former senior strategist for 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain — describing the issue of “voter fraud” in modern America. Here’s the transcript:

SCHIMDT: I think that one of the things you always want to be for whether you’re a Democrat or Republican, you want everyone who is eligible to vote to vote. That’s how you want to win elections. I think that all of this stuff that has transpired over the last two years is in search of a solution to a problem, voting fraud, that doesn’t really exist when you look deeply at the question. Read More…

Confused about voting? Call 866-OUR-VOTE

October 18, 2012 at 12:51 pmCategory:Uncategorized

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As the following press release explains, the good government people at Democracy NC are asking folks to spread the word about an outstanding nonpartisan organization that can help with voter problems and querstions.  

For Release Thursday, October 18, 2012                                           
Contact: Bob Hall, 919-489-1931

Confusion Over ID Rules, New Districts & Possible Challenges: Fuels Need for “Election Protection” Hotline and Special Website

 As North Carolinabegins its early voting period today, Election Protection, the nation’s largest nonpartisan voter protection coalition, has launched a toll-free hotline to help voters address problems and answer questions: 866-OUR-VOTE.  Read More…

Mandatory photo ID for voters now a “family values” issue

October 4, 2012 at 1:34 pmCategory:Uncategorized

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Here’s a rather interesting reminder of the remarkably monolithic nature of the right-wing echo chamber: The North Carolina Family Policy Council – a group that claims to be ”a nonpartisan, nonprofit research and education organization dedicated to the preservation of the family and traditional family values” — has apparently decided that the phony, conservative talking point issue of mandatory photo ID for voters is now one of its isues.

How else to explain this new 500 word “special report” on the subject that the group went to the trouble of posting on its website and tweeting out this afternoon?

What’s next — trying to make support for regressive, pro-plutocrat tax policies a “family value?” Oh wait, that’s right, they already tried that too.   

Next thing you know, a local “libertarian” group will be featuring offensive anti-choice rants.