There is no indication 70% of North Carolina voters approve the the stricter voting rights laws.
There was a 63% voter turnout in national elections in 2012. That is the highest in modern history. When Americans understand their rights are under assault they turn out to defeat those seeking to oppress them.
The oppression is palpable and obvious. It is real. This is not a political strategy through propagandized ideology.
The legal challenges to these laws are important. These laws set very dangerous precedent that could escalate into a "Voting Class." The turnout in 2012 alone is evidence enough to demand the roll back of these oppressive laws. Voting hours should expand and not be eliminated. In the case of NC there are multiple incomes in a family, it is difficult for the Poor and Lower Middle Class to 'find time' to vote in their demanding fiscal infrastructure.
While the legal challenges go forward, there also has to be a grass roots effort to register voters. If Campus IDs aren't enough, then a movement should ensue by Campus organizations to schedule buses to Motor Vehicle Offices so the community can obtain so called 'legal' IDs. The Campus population has to recognize the planned attack on their rights and act to diminish and eliminate it. The same goes for impoverished communities. Take Absentee Ballots to voters that cannot get to the polls or find that intense activity overwhelming to participate in person. The elderly can certainly be provided absentee ballots.
These measures have to go forward as well. The legal arguments are important to defeat precedent, but, Americans need to armed with legal IDs as dictated by oppressive legislatures. We are war within the USA. We are fighting for our freedoms and this is one of the most important venues of fighting "The Good Fight."
Updated 4:30 a.m. ET Aug. 13, 2013
NEW YORK
North Carolina Gov. Patrick McCrory (click here) has signed a sweeping voting reform bill that imposes strict photo identification requirements on the state's 4.5 million voters, rolls back the early voting period and repeals one-stop registration during early voting.
Almost immediately following the signing, civil rights groups filed lawsuits in federal court challenging the law....
There was a 63% voter turnout in national elections in 2012. That is the highest in modern history. When Americans understand their rights are under assault they turn out to defeat those seeking to oppress them.
The oppression is palpable and obvious. It is real. This is not a political strategy through propagandized ideology.
The legal challenges to these laws are important. These laws set very dangerous precedent that could escalate into a "Voting Class." The turnout in 2012 alone is evidence enough to demand the roll back of these oppressive laws. Voting hours should expand and not be eliminated. In the case of NC there are multiple incomes in a family, it is difficult for the Poor and Lower Middle Class to 'find time' to vote in their demanding fiscal infrastructure.
While the legal challenges go forward, there also has to be a grass roots effort to register voters. If Campus IDs aren't enough, then a movement should ensue by Campus organizations to schedule buses to Motor Vehicle Offices so the community can obtain so called 'legal' IDs. The Campus population has to recognize the planned attack on their rights and act to diminish and eliminate it. The same goes for impoverished communities. Take Absentee Ballots to voters that cannot get to the polls or find that intense activity overwhelming to participate in person. The elderly can certainly be provided absentee ballots.
These measures have to go forward as well. The legal arguments are important to defeat precedent, but, Americans need to armed with legal IDs as dictated by oppressive legislatures. We are war within the USA. We are fighting for our freedoms and this is one of the most important venues of fighting "The Good Fight."
Updated 4:30 a.m. ET Aug. 13, 2013NEW YORK
North Carolina Gov. Patrick McCrory (click here) has signed a sweeping voting reform bill that imposes strict photo identification requirements on the state's 4.5 million voters, rolls back the early voting period and repeals one-stop registration during early voting.
Almost immediately following the signing, civil rights groups filed lawsuits in federal court challenging the law....
