N.C. Elections

In 2005 Former President Jimmy Carter Co chaired a study on election reform in the United States. http://www1.american.edu/ia/cfer/report/report.html#sect2_5 I've pasted the specific recommendation regarding the use of voter photo IDs. This is a good idea and we should implement this in North Carolina to eliminate the chance for voter fraud.

"Recommendations on Voter Identification

Senator Stein's (D-Wake) Statement re DOJ Preclearance of NC Redistricting Maps, 11-01-2011:

"Make no mistake: Nothing that happened in Washington, DC today changes the unlawful and racially divisive maps that the Republicans passed in the North Carolina legislature. The Department of Justice examined a very narrow federal issue that concerns only 40 of our 100 counties.

The Republican maps still violate the state constitution's whole county provision and they illegally segregate voters according to race without cause. The Department of Justice did not consider either violation during its pre clearance review, because it was not authorized to.

These and other violations will be fully considered by the courts, and we are quite confident that once the facts are in full view, the courts will guarantee the people of North Carolina fair and legal maps at the end of this process."

Gwen Wilkins from Nash County and the Chair of the 1st Congresssional District (and a Native American) was elected 1st Vice Chair of the State Executive Committee in another election at the meeting where David Parker was elected Party Chairman.

Stella Adams, formerly of Durham, ran for re-election for 1st Vice-Chair, but dropped out of the race after losing in the early balloting, Adams then threw her support to Wilkins. June Mabry later also dropped out in the race for 1st Vice-Chair and conceded the race to Wilkins.

Melvin Williams was elected Secretary, and Tony McEwen was re-elected 3rd Vice-Chair.

For immediate release
Prof. Mark Lindeman 845-399-0133
Joyce McCloy, North Carolina Coalition for Verified Voting 336-794-1240
Sean Flaherty, Verified Voting Foundation 319-621-8651

Touch Screens Show High Rate of Unrecorded Votes for President in 2008
Paper Ballots Found More Efficient at Recording Voters' Choices

June 26, 2009 - A professor's study of North Carolina's 2008 Presidential election shows that optically scanned paper ballots were better at registering the intent of the voters than touch screen voting machines.

Mark Lindeman, an assistant professor of political science at Bard College in New York, found that in the 67 North Carolina counties where the voting method is optically scanned paper ballots, 0.78% of ballots failed to register a vote for President last November. The 24 counties where touch screens were the principal method of voting saw 1.36% of ballots fail to register a vote for President, a difference of over 7000 votes in the 2008 election.

A few months ago, my dear sweet mother (devout Republican) told me in an excited and confident tone, "I've got something you really need to read." Since we're both avid readers of fiction, and more often than not can exchange books to our mutual enjoyment, I was mildly piqued. When she revealed who the author was, I went from piqued to pissed off pretty quickly.