COMMENTARY
VOTER MISINFORMATION ABOUNDS
WITH UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
By Dr. Ada
Fisher
From the
NAACP to the
liberal left to
Democrats
to the media,
rampant
attacks
have been
launched on
the Voter ID
Bill in North
Carolina and other areas though the
courts have upheld similar laws in
Georgia and South Carolina.
This act is in no way a voter suppression
effort as those who malign it have tried
to define it. Every citizen can vote and
is encouraged to do so with a series
of outreach and educational efforts
suggested for the county boards of
election. It must be noted that it is
the counties which determine early
voting sites. This is usually based on
population locations spread throughout
the counties. These decisions all rest
within the province of county boards of
election.
As of noon for the first day of early
voting at the Rowan County Public
Library, one of the main voter locations
in Salisbury, NC, only 11 people had
appeared to vote. The amount of
money spent for these low turnout off
year election efforts is a rightful concern
as county expendable dollars shrink.
Voter suppression is more by voters
who won’t vote rather than any planned
effort by dominating parties.
Help America Vote Act is the name
of a federal 2002 law not unique to
North Carolina. HAVA was instituted
to insure that only citizens vote per
the US Constitution’s mandate as well
as that the voter is who he/she says
he/she is. NC has termed a part of its
supportive similar legislation Voter
Information Verification Act or “VIVA”
The NC Voter ID Law had one major
(S.L. 2013-381) with photo ID required
problem that all are remiss in not
except for those over 70, having
discussing publically which relates to
religious objections, in cases of natural
how student voters are handled. In
disasters or those needing curbside
Elizabeth City, NC a student there
assistance. Public opinion polls suggest
petitioned to run for the city council
70% support for this. Where people
while being a resident in a dorm. His
don’t have such a document, one will
initial denial was overturned on appeal
be provided without charge through the to the Board of Elections in appreciation
Department of Motor Vehicles and likely that the Supreme Court of the state and
other options will be given before 2016’s nation had ruled that students who live
full implementation.
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GENERATIONS ACT!
By Jaymes
Powell
Dire warning:
If Millennials,
Generation
X’ers, Baby
Boomers
and Flappers
don’t come
together,
vote and
stop North
Carolina’s
GOP, many of our children will have
no chance for a productive future.
Together, those still having the right to
vote need to collecti ٕ