NC GOP Brags About Low Black Turnout–After Lobbying To Limit Early Voting

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

After lobbying local elections officials to limit the early voting opportunities that are popular among African Americans, North Carolina's Republican Party bragged Sunday about this year's decrease in black early voting turnout.

A state GOP press release on the state's early voting numbers highlighted that African American early voting turnout was down by 8.5 percent from 2012.



Back in August, the News and Observer reported on an email sent by North Carolina GOP executive director Dallas Woodhouse to local elections officials urging them to limit early voting opportunities, including Sundays, which are used disproportionately by African Americans, and particularly those participating in black churches' "soul to poll" voter drives.

“Our Republican Board members should feel empowered to make legal changes to early voting plans, that are supported by Republicans,” Woodhouse wrote. “Republicans can and should make party line changes to early voting.”

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/nc-gop-brags-about-depressed-black-turnout

[Laurian]

1. They have absolutely no shame.

And their attitudes/actions make me sick.

[MBS]

6. Yup, completely shameless.

This is such an outrage. The judicial system has already called out the obvious racist intent of the NC voting restrictions - can't they do something more here???

[Alhena]

2. Shelby County v. Holder working its magic in NC

that's why we need that fifth Supreme Court justice.

[avebury]

3. The Democrats need to go after

the Reublicans and get the Consent Decree extended for far longer than 8 more years after the anticipated expiration period of 12/2017.

[yardwork]

7. It makes me cry. The Republicans here in NC are hateful.

[SharonAnn]

9. Voter suppression works: That's why they do it.

Purge minority voter rolls for spurious reasons
Enact strict Voter ID laws and then make sure people can't get the IDs
Shrink number of polling stations so that people without easy access to transportation can't get to the polls
Shorten and eliminate Early Voting, especially weekends.

See, it works!

I think it's no coincidence that North Carolina and Wisconsin electoral votes went to Trump.

[meow2u3]

10. Maybe we ought to try it ourselves

Only instead of targeting minorities, we go after the fundies.

[TonyPDX]

10. It's strictly a race/gender contest there. Good NC Dems are fighting on the front lines.

[stopwastingmymoney]

12. That is just gross

Don't they understand what they are admitting when they say things like that? Publicly?

I guess they must not care, smdh