NC GOP hubris: Republicans "allow" two weeks of early voting

From Rep. Mike Stone's Facebook Page:

The House passed House Bill 658 on its second reading, sponsored by Reps. Jones, Stam, Collins and Sager. The bill would reduce the current early voting timeframe by a week, allowing votes be cast for 2 weeks instead of 3.

I guess that means that we, the voting public, owe you a "thank you" for allowing us those two weeks? I don't mean to sound ungracious, but GFY, pal. What Lord Stone left out of his message to us grubby serfs is: The bill barely passed, and a Veto override is next to impossible.

The reason behind this extremely un-Democratic bill is pretty simple, as Gary Pearce lays out:

Afraid of the Voters

It’s revealing when politicians – specifically, Republican legislators – clearly believe they are better off when fewer people vote.

That’s the conclusion you have to draw from their efforts to suppress early voting in North Carolina.

The strategy may work for a while. But it reveals the fundamental vulnerability of Republicans long-term: Their base is shrinking.