DNC creates Protecting theVote.org and challenges stricter voter ID bills
Submitted by mbrock49 on Fri, 12/02/2011 - 12:45pm
A new website, ProtectingtheVote.org, makes the case that actual instances of voter fraud are rare, despite Republicans’ success in passing stricter laws to combat fraud in dozens of states. Democrats accuse the GOP of trying to stifle minority votes as a way to win elections.
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Stories appearing in various media in NC already, possibly as result of the DNC's effort. This may be on the agenda at the Progressive Democrats of NC's Annual Meeting tomorrow in Orange County.
For information on the issue, contact Democracy NC in Durham, NC. While Some of us thought the NCGA leaders might try to bring their bill up again in the quickie session this week, nothing came of it this time.
Stats on Photo ID Voter Suppression in NC
and who will be disenfranchised if this veto is overridden:
http://www.democracy-nc.org/downloads/VoterIDDataByRaceSexAgePartySumm.doc
Some info on other voter suppression bills:
http://www.democracy-nc.org/downloads/VoterBillsStatusSept2011.pdf
My fear is if there is ever a session without the requisite number of people to defend the veto, then that will be when the veto override is reconsidered. And since the proponents of the override used the parliamentary trick of having someone vote against the override when they saw they didn't have the votes, they can reconsider it basically any time they are in session, even in these quickie-sessions they keep pulling, since it is basically in a veto-garage waiting to pulled out any time. We cannot let our guard down or we could wind up stuck with bad election law changes, that disenfranchise many North Carolinians and create confusion for even more, with less than a year to go before a major election.