I was watching an Assembly hearing on the voter suppression legislation; one of the speakers testifed that white males in NC have one of the worst turnout rates relative to their population. The voter ID legislation may actually end up hurting the Republicans.
Voter ID disproportionately affects the groups with low turnout rate. The impact is most felt in states with very big Hispanic population.
Since North Carolina doesn't have a huge Hispanic population like Arizona, I am not sure that the impact is that great.
Voter ID may impact the youth vote, but it may also impact the elderly vote.
In my opinion, the most alarming thing NC Republicans are doing is to try end the child taxes credit for students who vote from their college. Ending early voting and same day voter registration are close second and third.
What do ending child tax credits and having your kid vote from college have anything to do with each other. Why should you get a child tax credit if your child is over 18 anyway?
I don't understand with the big hurrah is on the left with getting rid of voting machines for early voting. I thought voting by machine
was only for the actual voting day that day. If you have to mail your paper ballot early because you are going on vacation than fine I understand but having voting machines open for 2 weeks? That's just insanity to me.
I agree with you however why can't vote and register to vote on the same day?
