My brush with North Carolina voter ID law

[KamaAina]

http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article66929422.html

I gave my driver’s license to a poll worker, HW. He kept it face down and ordered me to spell my name.

Although I go by Rudy, my legal name is Rudravajhala. In order to save time, I requested HW look at my ID. He barked, “You gotta spell it!”...

Since my wife was out of town last week, I drove her to the designated polling place (not the same place I voted) on Election Day. This time poll worker NX subjected my wife to a similar ritual. Keeping her ID face down, he asked her to spell her name and pronounce it.

Our two Caucasian friends who live in different areas of town voted at different polling places. In contrast to our humiliating experience, however, they did not have to pass the spelling test and after a cursory glance at their IDs were allowed to vote.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

1. Patriots will be enraged to hear this story.

[Kelvin Mace]

2. Report them to the county and state board of elections

My wife works the polls and there is no requirement that you spell your name, simply present your ID.

[KamaAina]

3. He did.

I called the N.C. State Board of Elections in Raleigh and was pleasantly surprised when a live person answered. The moment she realized that a difficult situation was at hand, I was transferred to her superior. He listened to my saga patiently and suggested that I lodge a formal complaint with the director of the New Hanover County Board of Elections. He also promised to email the director.

[spanone]

4. republicans bringing bigotry and racism to your voting booth.

[blm]

5. College students were rejected by almost 5%. They couldn't use their driver license as ID if it was

out if state or if it was their parent's home address instead of their current one while at school.

[pnwmom]

6. Maybe he didn't want to look at the ID because he can't copy long words.

But if you spell out each letter, he can manage.

Poor guy. We should feel sorry for him.