Students Rejected from Polls Because of NC's Voter ID Law

[dooner]

Source: Think Progress

North Carolina’s controversial voter identification law is being used for the first time in Tuesday’s primary, and registered voters are experiencing the consequences of the voter suppression measure.

About 218,000 North Carolinians, roughly five percent of registered voters, do not have an acceptable form of government-issued ID that is now required under state law to cast a ballot.

The state’s voter ID law, part of a sweeping election reform law passed in 2013, is still being challenged in both federal and state court. Also pending in federal court are challenges to new laws that restrict the early voting period, eliminate pre-registration of teenagers before they turn 18 and same-day registration during early voting, and block people from voting outside their assigned precincts.

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/03/15/3760266/north-carolina-voter-id/

[Agnosticsherbet]

1. I am really sick of this shit. We need to get rid of these laws.

[Chicago1980]

4. You have to get rid of those who enacted them first.

[Agnosticsherbet]

5. Elections have consequences. We need to make them suffer the consequences.

[Chicago1980]

6. Damn right...

Getting a dem in the White House and a SCOTUS justice appointed if Obama can't is important.

[yardwork]

13. North Carolinians need to vote out the Republicans who did this.

Unfortunately the state is so gerrymandered it's almost impossible for us to retake the state legislature. It's a nightmare. The Republicans are destroying this state.

[atreides1]

21. Got some news for you

Republicans are destroying the country, bit by bit!!!

Of course they have the willing assistance of, Americans who are bigoted, poorly educated, and simple-minded!

[blm]

22. This is what we've been fighting for the last 3+ years - NCGOP is destroying NC.

And they are doing it at every level while selling the state off bit by bit to privatization profiteers.

[nc4bo]

28. +100. nt

[Chicago1980]

2. I'm a bit surprised that neither candidate made a bigger stink about this.

Or did I miss the part where they did?

[yardwork]

14. Nothing the candidates can do. This is a new NC law.

The Tea Party took over our state in 2010.

[elmac]

3. Their still fighting the Civil War

The Feds should use every law they have to go after those secessionists.

[Ford_Prefect]

7. Actually this is a voter suppression strategy to reduce the number of democratic voters.

It has been applied in a number of states not only NC. The idiots who voted for this are in the State legislature courtesy of Koch bros money and strategies. They vote for whatever the Kochs tell them to. We the people of NC are not secessionist, unlike the Texas legislature. Public polling has the legislature and the governor both out of sync with the large majority of NC voters of BOTH parties on this and other issues.

As a long time resident of North Carolina I would appreciate it if you kept your prejudice to yourself and paid just a bit more attention to the facts. Who knows but you might learn something about NC Democrats and North Carolina culture as well.

It might help you apply your energies to more accurately counter the larger conservative threats we all face.

For what it is worth Bernie spoke to this when he was here in September of 2015. I heard him say so with 9,000 others in Greensboro.

[elmac]

8. Well, I live in a fascist state also

but I don't get all upset when someone tells the truth. Grow up.

[Ford_Prefect]

9. Grow some yourself. My state was not fascist until the GOP stole the elections after they bought the

press and rigged the game.

We are not secessionist. You do not quote the truth. Voters of both parties opposed the Koch written voter ID legislation. The legislature forced it on us all.

Your insult is not justified by your own conditions. I've been part of the solution here for 35 years. Your perspective is out of wack. Condemning and condescending to contemporary southern democrats is poor sport indeed, and your remarks are the worst sort of cheap shot. We have applied to the Feds for help but they several times chose to drag their heels and use NC as an example to other states. Read a few papers please, eh?

[elmac]

10. By the way, voter suppression is racist

I rest my case.

[Ford_Prefect]

11. Thanks for that. My 82 year old neighbor will be glad of the distinction between herself and those

of another color. So will my nephew, denied for the reasons listed in the OP above. The Native Americans in my family past will no doubt heave a sigh of relief to note this distinction.

FYI voter suppression is aimed at a broad spectrum of Democratic voters including those of color, those recently immigrated, those of a certain age and those who are disabled of any color at all. You really should read just a bit more about this.

As a disabled democratic voter I have some perspective on the matter. So too does my neighborhood: A mostly rural area with many farms long owned by Black families.

I am sorry you live in such an unresponsive state. We have hopes yet to change ours back to the moderately progressive place it was only a few years ago.

[yardwork]

19. Good post.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

20. I second yardwork. Good post. Thank you. NT

[billhicks76]

12. Hillary Benefited From Republican Racism And Voter Supression

Surprised? I'm not

[yardwork]

15. Bullshit. You don't know anything about it.

[billhicks76]

17. Ignorant Comment

I'm not suprised either. You should get out of your biased bubble. Does 2+2 not equal 4 also? Students overwhelmingly favor Bernie

[yardwork]

18. African Americans overwhelmingly favor Hillary, and they're the target.

It's easy for keyboard commandos to sit around musing about other states. I live here.

[billhicks76]

25. If You Live There

Then how did you miss the point if the article?

[progressoid]

27. From the article; "disproportionately ... young people and students"

AKA, Bernie supporters.

[billhicks76]

31. Some As Blind As Bats

Reminds me of the other side when they ignore reality.

[yardwork]

32. The voter suppression in NC goes way beyond students.

Check the other posts in this thread. This is a massive voter disenfranchisement effort that targets all Democrats in the state, with the goal of reducing the Democratic vote.

Students being turned away is just one feature of this evil initiative.

[NurseJackie]

16. We all suffered.

[LanternWaste]

29. Many often enjoy your Post Hoc Ergo Prompter Hoc fallacies for bemusement on slow days.

Many often enjoy your Post Hoc Ergo Prompter Hoc fallacies for bemusement on slow days.

[Gregorian]

23. This electoral process seems designed to keep progressives out of government.

I don't care who is voting for whom, this configuration is wrong on so many levels, it's unfair to all of the citizens of this country.

I'm surprised it's this screwed up, despite seeming normal for many who don't really care about democracy.

[lark]

24. Obama, make this the justice dept. job #1.

Get those discriminatory laws thrown out, each and every one!! They have only 1 purpose and that's to inhibit Dem votes, don't let them win. Uphold our constitution and the principal of one person one vote.

[billhicks76]

26. He Just Appointed A Conservative To Supreme Court

Now I hope it does get rejected. But Hillary will probably do the same...republican-Lite. We need Bernie.

[lark]

33. Absolutely!

Will we get the medicine we need, though?

[nc4bo]

30. I'm sure somewhere there are bigger fish to fry.

I just don't know what kind of fish and where exactly they are.

Besides......to those In high power, it's obvious THEY can't do a damn thing about it.

More no we cant.