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18141
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Turnbull discusses the implications of recent national voter laws for the state of North Carolina, some of which render state laws ineffective.
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18366
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Census information from 1980 and changes in demographics caused some counties to reestablish voting districts. Commissioner elections vary between the counties with 35 counties requiring commissioners to live in the district they are elected. The other 56 counties allow any resident of the county to be elected regardless of whether they live in the specific district.
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19281
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State republicans proposed a Voter ID Bill at a March public hearing. The bill, supported by a projected 75 percent of the state's population, would require all voters to present some form of photo identification before voting. Former Governor Bev Perdue vetoed this same bill in 2011, arguing it would deter legitimate voters from the polls.
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19404
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The article reviews proposed legislative changes to voters' rights and voting procedures in upcoming elections. Debated measures include reducing early voting window from two to just one weeks and requiring further voter identification to present when voters' attempt to cast their vote.
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19700
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With a Democratically controlled government in 1870, voting rights for African Americans were limited and restricted by what became known as the \"white man's\" party, or the Democratic Party, for the next 25 years. During that 25 year span, more African Americans entered the political arena and challenged the Democratic suppression of the suffrage amendment.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 13 Issue 1, Jan 1936,
p1-24, f
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20070
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Moral Mondays, the peaceful protests occurring at the capital every Monday, have grown in attendance in the face of some stringent Republican legislative measures. On July 1st, Reverend William Barber was in attendance and spoke to the crowd about recent Republican changes to voting rights after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision concerning the Voting Rights Act (1965).
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20071
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The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to strike-down the Voting Rights Act of 1965 gives the state more freedom in dictating its voting legislation. The court's decision now no longer requires Federal approval if North Carolina, or fifteen other southern states, want to change legislation governing voter identification requirements or redistricting measures. Opponents to the court's ruling believe without protections from the Voting Rights Act, discrimination against minority voting rights will go unchecked.
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21896
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House Bill 589, introduced in the Republican-controlled NC General Assembly, would kill the fairness of elections in the state. Among the features are reducing early voting from 17 days to 10, eliminating same-day registration during the same period and eliminating straight party ticket voting. The bill tightens voting restrictions, but relaxes campaign finance laws.
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23967
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The author examines North Carolina's new restrictive election law which eliminated same-day registration and pushed the registration deadline back 10 days, shortening the early voting period. Various groups are working to invalidate the restrictive provisions of the election law, which makes it difficult for African American and young groups to register to vote.
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28354
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The integrity of the recent Pittsboro town races and Chatham County’s land-transfer tax referendum are being debated. Campaign and ballot violations have been alleged by several in Chatham County and the election results protested. Political observers say that this has become typical of Chatham County, and a Superior Court judge ruled that the Chatham County Board of Elections broke the law last year. The issues at the ballot could affect the outcomes of at least one race and the status of the referendum.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 24 Issue 48, November 2007,
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43379
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In this article Joseph Golden got a phone call that accused him of voting in two different states for the same election. Allegations like this all started coming after Roy Cooper won the election against Pat McCory. Republicans around this time was filling out voter protest forms will allegations that votes were coming from dead voters, felons, and people voting in multiple states. It was seen as attempts to discredit the election.
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