My latest issue of the Ballot Access News just arrived. The lead article is on North Carolina changing the law to eliminate straight-ticket voting. The article also included other changes in the election law. North Carolina now has a Republican legislature and a Republican Governor. Republicans are always saying they are trying to prevent voter fraud.
Ballot Access News listed the changes in the North Carolina election law. How many of those changes relate to voter fraud, and how many relate to suppressing the Democratic vote? You decide.
The “reform” bill:
1. shrinks the early voting period from 17 to 10 days;
2. makes it impossible for voters to register at a poll station during the early voting period;
3. repeals the provision that lets 16- and 17-year olds pre-register;
4. eliminates the mandate for high school registration drives;
5. repeals out-of-precinct voting;
6. bans paying voter registration workers;
7. requires government-photo ID to vote at the polls, and student ID cards can’t be used.
It isn’t really about fraud, is it?
What we need in this country is a standard election law that applies to all elections in every state.
ReplyDeleteOf course it would never happen because of states rights and those politicians who want to control who votes and who doesn't get to vote.