October 8, 2014
By Maya Rhodan
...“We are disappointed (click here) with the Supreme Court’s ruling today,” the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, president of the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, said in a statement. “Tens of thousands of North Carolina voters, especially African-American voters, have relied on same-day registration, as well as the counting of ballots that were cast out of precinct, for years.”
The North Carolina State Board of Elections said that in 2010, over 21,000 voters registered and voted on the same day during the early voting period, and just over 6,000 voters were able to have their ballots counted even though they voted in the wrong precinct. During May’s 2014 primary, over 400 voters didn’t have their votes counted because these provisions were removed, Durham-based organization Democracy NC reports.
These measures are just two of many that the heavily GOP-backed law eliminated in 2013, in what supporters called an effort to prevent voting fraud in the Tar Heel state. Several organizations have filed a suit against the voting law in the hope of blocking it before this year’s election....
Twenty-one thousand voters are a lot of voters. It could throw an election. Now, that the citizens of North Carolina are restricted in their movement and location on any election day, there will be impacts.
The Supreme Court just doesn't want to admit Americans lives are not dictated by a supposed order. Americans move around a lot on any given day. The are not planning their activities and probably CAN'T plan to be close to home to vote on Election Day. Most American travel many miles to work or other activities, including volunteer activities. The word CAN'T should never enter into the reasons voters did not bother to plan for Election Day.
By Maya Rhodan
...“We are disappointed (click here) with the Supreme Court’s ruling today,” the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, president of the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, said in a statement. “Tens of thousands of North Carolina voters, especially African-American voters, have relied on same-day registration, as well as the counting of ballots that were cast out of precinct, for years.”
The North Carolina State Board of Elections said that in 2010, over 21,000 voters registered and voted on the same day during the early voting period, and just over 6,000 voters were able to have their ballots counted even though they voted in the wrong precinct. During May’s 2014 primary, over 400 voters didn’t have their votes counted because these provisions were removed, Durham-based organization Democracy NC reports.
These measures are just two of many that the heavily GOP-backed law eliminated in 2013, in what supporters called an effort to prevent voting fraud in the Tar Heel state. Several organizations have filed a suit against the voting law in the hope of blocking it before this year’s election....
Twenty-one thousand voters are a lot of voters. It could throw an election. Now, that the citizens of North Carolina are restricted in their movement and location on any election day, there will be impacts.
The Supreme Court just doesn't want to admit Americans lives are not dictated by a supposed order. Americans move around a lot on any given day. The are not planning their activities and probably CAN'T plan to be close to home to vote on Election Day. Most American travel many miles to work or other activities, including volunteer activities. The word CAN'T should never enter into the reasons voters did not bother to plan for Election Day.
