9 Ways Voting In North Carolina Is About To Get Harder

[struggle4progress]

North Carolina is poised to pass sweeping restrictive voting laws in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act decision
posted on July 25, 2013 at 6:03pm EDT
Ellie Hall BuzzFeed Staff

1. The early voting period will be shortened by a week, from 17 days to 10. Same-day registration during the early voting period will be eliminated.

2. Straight-party ticket voting will be eliminated.

3. Political party chairpersons will be allowed to designate up to 12 poll “observers” to monitor polling locations in order to ferret out voter fraud. Democracy North Carolina refers to these observers as “vigilantes.”

4. Sixteen and seventeen year-olds will no longer be allowed to pre-register to vote ...

http://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/9-ways-voting-is-about-to-be-more-difficult-in-north-carolin

[BlueJazz]

1. This is REALLY pissing off us Floridians. Those bastard Ohioans think that they can...

...steal OUR dumbness and stupidity ?? The nerve...the utter nerve...

[WCGreen]

2. North Carolina not Ohio....

[BlueJazz]

3. You stupid fuck. Put down the joint and pay attention to what the hell is going on.

[BlueJazz]

4. Bite Me.....ah...pass the Oreos please.

[octoberlib]

5. It just passed.

ALEIGH, N.C. — As lawmakers rushed to adjourn for the summer, lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to drastic changes in how voting will be conducted in future elections in North Carolina.

After more than two-and-a-half hours of debate, the House voted 73-41 on party lines late Thursday to agree with dozens of changes made by Senate Republicans to a bill that originally simply required voters to show photo identification at the polls. It was approved by the Senate earlier Thursday, 33-14, also on party lines.

http://www.wral.com/voting-changes-head-to-governor/12703982/