Tag: Voting Rights Act

Another Look at North Carolina’s Voter Suppression Bill

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Bulldog Ben

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Rethuglican legislators in many red states have been trying hard to keep the “wrong kind” of voters from the polls ever since the SCOTUS gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act; that unfortunate decision, Shelby County v. Holder, came down in June of 2013. There have… Continue Reading “Another Look at North Carolina’s Voter Suppression Bill”

Category: American Life and PoliticsTags: Appeals Court, HB 589, North Carolina, Pat McCrory, Voter ID Laws, Voter Suppression, Voting Rights Act, WaPo, Washington Post, William Wan

Strict Voter ID Law in NC Overturned by Appeals Court

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Bulldog Ben

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A decision handed down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit found that North Carolina’s 2012 law requiring a picture ID at the polls is unconstitutional. The law took away a week of early voting as well. Seventeen states in all… Continue Reading “Strict Voter ID Law in NC Overturned by Appeals Court”

Category: American Life and PoliticsTags: 4th Circuit, Federal Appeals Court, NC, North Carolina, Pat McCrory, Voter ID, Voter ID Law, Voter Suppression, Voting Rights Act