Monthly Archives: August 2013
Local NC ABC Station Examines Whether Gov. McCrory Doesn’t Understand the Voting Law He Signed
Watch.
The governor apparently keeps saying that ALL polling places will be open during the early voting period, which is clearly NOT what the new voting law requires. Such a change would cost millions of dollars and would require lots… Continue reading
Ari Berman Asks the Three Crucial Questions About North Carolina’s Voting Law
Here:
1. Will Section 2 be enough? (My answer is likely no, at least for most of the law).
2. Will North Carolina get bailed in under Section 3? (My answer is likely no, absent some smoking … Continue reading
Unpacking NC Governor’s Talking Points
In defending North Carolina’s new photo ID requirement, Republican Governor Pat McCrory claims “[t]hirty-four states currently require some sort of identification, and so we’re doing what the majority of states are doing right now throughout the United States of America.” … Continue reading
“Editorial: Fair Elections and Double Standards”
Cincinnati Enquirer:
The decision not to prosecute Hamilton County voters who had registered using addresses that weren’t their residences seems on its face like a reasonable one. But in light of the recent five-year sentence handed down to a poll… Continue reading
“Voting Problems Prompt Retraining of Poll Workers”
“Sunnyside election could come down to 1 vote”
KIMA:
An election that’s been too close to call looks like it could come down to one vote. The race is for Sunnyside City Council. That power is in the hands of a man who turned in his ballot… Continue reading
What’s Motivating the North Carolina Legislature? Philosophical Difference or Power Grab?
Preregistration of 16 and 17 year olds can save money. FairVote crunches the numbers.
So why did North Carolina end preregistration:
The reason the North Carolina law is getting so much national attention is that it rolls into a single… Continue reading
“North Carolinians Fear the End of the Middle Way”
A-1 NYT. Also Aaron Blake: Swing-state GOP governors seek to wrangle aggressive GOP legislatures
“McCrory defends Voter ID bill in NPR interview”
WNCN:
McCrory went on the offensive on the “Here and Now” program, which aired Tuesday afternoon. He called some of the NAACP’s criticisms of the law “totally false” and said preregistering high school students to vote was costly.… Continue reading
“Report argues for lifting ban on politics from the pulpit”
WaPo:
Even as polls show Americans broadly oppose electioneering from the pulpit, a new report by a group of faith leaders working closely with Capitol Hill argues for ending the decades-old ban on explicit clergy endorsements.
The report… Continue reading
“Why is Voter ID So Popular?”
Catherine Engelbrecht of True the Vote at Breitbart: “Why is this popular voter ID so ‘controversial’? It makes the jobs of political operatives that prey on a weak system more difficult. It also proves the privileged northeastern academics’ racial generalizations… Continue reading
“The Real Price of Congress’s Gridlock”
Robert Reich NYT oped:
Congress’s paralysis has also encouraged the Supreme Court to enter the political fray. Normally the judicial activism of recent years could be checked by Congressional action. But not now. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s opinion for… Continue reading
Anti-VRA Rhetoric Used in 1965 and Today
Here’s video of my spot on Karen Finney’s MSNBC show “Disrupt” with Nia-Malika Henderson.
The anti-VRA arguments that transcend time: voting protections are unnecessary, promoting voting rights stokes racial division, voting protections infringe on the 10th Amendment, and… Continue reading