tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49261346346992807322024-02-08T08:04:44.149-08:00Madame Defarge NC Voting RestrictionsNC Republicans continue to block voting rights in NC and the Department of Justice can do nothing as associated with US Supreme Court rulingMarsha V. Hammond, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00398066799745764230noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926134634699280732.post-46683038413687314032016-07-29T12:29:00.001-07:002016-07-29T12:29:38.087-07:00Republican-led NC General Assembly: Intent to DiscriminateNYT July 29,2016: "....<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The appeals court added later, “Faced with this record, we can only conclude that the North Carolina General Assembly enacted the challenged provisions of the law with discriminatory intent....</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.6em;">In addition to an identification requirement, the law also abolished same-day voter registration and ended preregistration, which had permitted some teenagers to sign up for the voting rolls before they turned 18.</span><br />
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Republicans argued the law protected against fraud, but critics said it was an effort to disenfranchise certain voters, particularly black and Hispanic ones.</div>
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