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Voter ID assailed, backed in House hearing

Submitted by Martha Brock on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 6:48pm

Hundreds of people crowded into three rooms to attend the House Elections Committee hearing to voice their opinion on legislation that hasn't even been drafted yet. Republican lawmakers said last week that they want to collect as much input from both supporters and opponents before crafting and filing a bill later this month.

Representatives from NAACP, Democracy NC, AARP, Disability Rights North Carolina and the League of Women Voters spoke out against a required voter ID earlier in what was expected to be a lengthy hearing.

http://www.wral.com/voter-id-assailed-backed-in-house-hearing/12213799/

The meeting is now adjourned (as of 8:30pm). The video of Part I is up at WRAL.com, Part II(video) will be available soon

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I just spoke

Submitted by Jake Gellar-Goad on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 8:01pm.

I just spoke and they're still lining people up. Originally I was hearing it'd be 4 to 6pm. It's almost 8pm and it's still going, even though many couldn't stay

Video on WRAL.com

Submitted by Martha Brock on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 8:14pm.

They are still streaming the live video from the NC General Assembly until the end of the hearing. Lots of folks who signed up to speak have already left.

Martha Brock

My .02

Submitted by Jake Gellar-Goad on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 9:35pm.

If anyone wants to see what I had to say, click the 2nd video, and skip ahead to about 12 minutes in. I'm wearing the blue of, by, for shirt, black coat, and have a no photo ID sticker:
http://www.wral.com/voter-id-assailed-backed-in-house-hearing/12213799/

Thanks, Jake

Submitted by Martha Brock on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 10:34pm.

I agree with your emphasis on more hearings being needed. Thanks for a job well done.

Martha Brock

Democracy NC's fact sheet on Voter ID

Submitted by Martha Brock on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 8:13pm.

WHY OPPOSE PHOTO ID FOR VOTERS?

The good government advocates at Democracy NC have produced a fact sheet that spells out several of the enormous problems with such an idea. You can view the original by clicking here:

http://www.nc-democracy.org/downloads/WhyOpposePhotoIDforVoters.pdf

Martha Brock

Thanks for covering this

Submitted by scharrison on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 8:57pm.

From what I've been seeing on Twitter, the ignorance was on display by the VoterID crowd. Which is fine as far as the NC GOP is concerned. Logic and common sense are of no consequence, only the manufactured crisis matters.

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