If only there were still a Section 5 applicable to Guilford County NC then they couldn’t do this without proving it wouldn’t make protected minority voters worse off:
WHAT: Despite the recent federal court ruling against voting restrictions, the Republican majority on the Guilford County Board of Elections (Greensboro) wants toreduce the 2016 Early Voting plan from what the county offered in 2012.
On Monday, August 8, the Board will take up and likely vote on a plan that would:
- cut by nearly half the number of Early Voting sites provided in 2012, including most sites inside Greensboro;
- completely eliminate Sunday voting;
- cut the popular site in the African-American community at Barber Park; and
- eliminate the sites at UNC-Greensboro and NC A&T University.
WHEN: The three-member Guilford County Board of Elections is holding a special meeting on Monday, August 8, at 1 p.m. to consider this plan by the two Republicans, as well as a proposal from the lone Democrat on the Board. A majority vote carries the day.
August 8 is two days after the 51st anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
Thanks Chief Justice Roberts.