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octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 03:03 AM Apr 2013

GOP rolls out less restrictive N.C. voter ID bill

House Republicans unveiled their long-awaited voter ID bill Thursday, offering a less restrictive version than the measure that was vetoed by Democratic Gov. Bev. Perdue two years ago.

“It’s very different than the bill we tried to pass last year,” Tillis said at a news conference attended by a number of other GOP lawmakers. “It has tried to take into account a number of the concerns that were raised. It is a bill we are very confident will withstand any challenge that may come to us by way of the courts.”




“Republicans claim to be the party of smaller government, but this bill seeks to create a new bureaucracy that will waste millions of taxpayer dollars addressing an imaginary problem,”House Democratic leader Larry Hall said. “This Voter ID legislation remains what is has always been – part of a larger cynical and partisan (effort) by the Republican Party to pick and choose who can vote, that is driven by their selfish desire for political gain.”

Opponents have said they are likely to challenge the voter ID law in the courts, just as they have done in other states. In nearly every state, it has been a partisan battle, with Republicans adopting the laws where they are in power, and Democrats opposing it.




Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/04/05/3961331/gop-rolls-out-less-restrictive.html#storylink=cpy

Less restrictive?? Any voter ID law is too restrictive.
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GOP rolls out less restrictive N.C. voter ID bill (Original Post) octoberlib Apr 2013 OP
4 years of bipartisanship at all costs enables republicans to attack nt msongs Apr 2013 #1
So hellfire worried about the NC budget that they gutted UI ProfessionalLeftist Apr 2013 #2
HB 589 Filed 4 April struggle4progress Apr 2013 #3
It's a poll tax , pure and simple. octoberlib Apr 2013 #4

ProfessionalLeftist

(4,982 posts)
2. So hellfire worried about the NC budget that they gutted UI
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 07:47 AM
Apr 2013

But they want to spend millions or more on an unneeded ALEC bill.

IntereSTINK.

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
4. It's a poll tax , pure and simple.
Sun Apr 7, 2013, 02:48 PM
Apr 2013

Thanks for the info! I hadn't actually read the bill. It makes me sick. Wait a minute , they amended the bill so people don't have to pay for photo ID due to financial hardship. I know the ACLU was going to take them to court about this. I also noticed they loosened the restrictions on absentee voting. How convenient. It's the Republicans favorite area in which to commit voter fraud.

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