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North Carolina

Gothmog

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2. NC voter id does not take effect until 2016

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Aug 29, 2013, 12:19 PM

Aug 2013

I just read that the voter id requirements for North Carolina do not take effect until 2016. This fact explains why the DOJ is suing in Texas first. There are elections occurring right now using the voter id/voter suppression law.

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Hagan Asks US Attorney General To Examine NC's Voter ID Law [View all] struggle4progress Aug 2013 OP

Thanks Kay marions ghost Aug 2013 #1

NC voter id does not take effect until 2016 Gothmog Aug 2013 #2

NC's so-called "Voter ID law" is a large bill, mostly involving voter-suppression tactics other than struggle4progress Aug 2013 #3

Agreed but the DOJ has a better case right now in Texas Gothmog Aug 2013 #5

Agreed, first things first. And the NAACP suit has to work its way through the courts. It's coming. freshwest Aug 2013 #4