North Carolina Dem Governor Vetoes GOP Voter-ID Bill

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Source: TPM

North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue (D) has vetoed a Voter-ID bill passed by the Republican-controlled state legislature. The proposed law was part of a wave of similar bills that have been pushed by Republican-led legislatures in the wake of the 2010 elections. Like those, it would have required voters to show certain approved forms of photo identification at their polling places, or else cast provisional ballots and then have to prove their eligibility later.

"This bill, as written, will unnecessarily and unfairly disenfranchise many eligible and legitimate voters," Perdue wrote in her veto announcement.

She also added an allusion to North Carolina's past as a segregated, Jim Crow state before the Civil Rights movement: "There was a time in North Carolina history when the right to vote was enjoyed only by some citizens rather than by all. That time is past, and we should not revisit it."

Perdue's veto is likely to succeed, rather than be overridden. The CBS affiliate in Raleigh points out that while the bill had passed the state Senate by a veto-proof margin, it had in fact only passed the state House by a margin of 62-51, short of the 72 votes that would be needed to override the veto in that chamber.

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Perdue's full veto message at link

[Demoiselle]

1. A bit of really good news! Hurray.

[HopeHoops]

2. The GOP is trying to do that in PA as well - and asswipe Corbett will sign it.

There's a push to get the state to pay for state-issued IDs for those who don't have a drivers license or passport, but the GOP is pretty solidly against that. It has nothing to do with voter fraud - they just don't want the poor to vote.

It may not be true everywhere, but at least at my polling station it is the same collection of voters who show up every time. Getting people TO vote is the problem, not people voting illegally. What's next? Swipe your credit card when you check in?

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

3. A Democcrat with a spine!

[SoapBox]

4. K & R!

nt

[Seedersandleechers]

5. My Dem Governor did the same thing

Missouri. :toast:

[masmdu]

6. Way to Go! My Gov!

[marions ghost]

7. OK!

:thumbsup:

Gov Perdue is holding back the floodgates of Repuglican efforts to return NC to the dark ages.

[CarolinaIndependent]

8. NC Will never return to the Dark ages

At least where I'm from (Wake County) it has become a bastion of liberal, highly educated and happy citizens - it's wonderful. I spent years in the northeast for college, but returning to Wake County (which is the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area) has been amazing. I can't imagine living anywhere else. It makes the northeast seem so dirty, depressing, and rude. And I love Gov. Perdue!

Trust me, within the next 10-12 years, NC will be a solid Blue state.

[jpak]

9. Maine's "People's Veto" of GOP voter suppression launched this week

Fuck LePage

yup