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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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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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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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18419
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Crowell discusses the Voting Rights Act and the changes that have occurred in African-American voting and officeholding in North Carolina since the 1960s.
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