Cooper has taken extreme positions
Heeding the most progressive Furies of his party, Cooper has put himself in a position of declaring that a popular vote of the people to enact voter ID is a violation of democratic principle.
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Voter ID delay passes House unanimously, heads to governor
The House unanimously passed Senate Bill 214 Wednesday, March 13, to drop voter identification requirements from 2019 elections, and sent it to Gov. Roy Cooper. The bill removed student IDs as an acceptable photo ID for casting ballots. The first time…
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UNC System attorney says students will be able to vote under ID mandate
Student IDs across the University of North Carolina System aren’t fully eligible for use under the state’s new voter ID law, but the university is working to make sure qualifying students and employees can vote, a top UNC official says. Under the state’s voter ID…
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Amendment decision endangers Democrats
If a Democratic judiciary strikes down popular policies just approved by the voters themselves, most will see the Democrats as the party hostile to popular sovereignty, not the Republicans.
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First lawsuits challenging voter ID legislation already in court
North Carolina’s new voter ID law is headed to court. This week the N.C. General Assembly overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s Dec. 14 veto of Senate Bill 824, Implementation of Voter I.D. Constitutional Amendment. Now, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice…
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Senate sends bill implementing voter ID amendment to governor
With little debate, the N.C. Senate Thursday morning sent Senate Bill 854, the measure implementing the constitutional amendment requiring voters to present photo identification at the polls, to Gov. Roy Cooper. The vote to concur with the amended House version of the bill was 25-7. Unlike the House debate…
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Amended voter ID bill, with funding, moves to House floor
A bill to satisfy North Carolina’s new constitutional amendment requiring photo identification for voters is too broad, allowing multiple forms of voter identification that could gum up the system and encourage voter fraud, some Republican legislators say. Senate Bill 824, Implementation of…
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Hometown Debate Series panelists take up amendment to require voter ID
WASHINGTON. N.C. — A proposed constitutional amendment requiring a photo ID to vote has sparked controversy in state politics. The amendment, which will appear on the November ballot, represents a second attempt at enacting photo ID rules for state voters. An…
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Undecided lean right on key issues
GOP candidates running in competitive legislative districts should highlight North Carolina’s economic progress, emphasize pro-growth policies such as tax relief, and talk about the rule of law.
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Civitas flash poll shows voters support several constitutional amendments
SurveyUSA, along with the Civitas Institute, a nonprofit conservative public policy organization, released findings from a flash poll showing a majority of voters support several constitutional amendments proposed this year. The poll was conducted between June 9-12 and surveyed 650…