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Despite other bad news, legislators were unable to override Perdue's Voter ID veto ...
...this, from Democracy NC via email:
... all of the bills intended to make voting harder are dead - at least until the next General Assembly begins meeting in 2013
Our opponents failed to override Gov. Bev Perdue’s veto of the bill to require a government photo ID before voting!
And several other voter suppression measures did not pass – including bills to cut a week off Early Voting, ban Sunday voting, repeal Same-Day Registration, end straight-ticket voting, add new restriction for groups doing voter registration, and eliminate pre-registration for teenagers.
These bills failed because of your countless calls and emails, your showing up for marches and rallies, your personal visits with legislators, and the many other actions taken by Advocates like you. Thank you!
We should also thank all the legislators who stood up for voters and Governor Perdue who showed she would veto legislation that made voting harder.
Unfortunately, we did not succeed in freeing up the $4 million in federal funds from the Help American Vote Act. After significant steps forward, top leaders of the General Assembly reversed course, dug in their heels and refused to release the funds for the upcoming election.
It does make a difference who gets elected to public office!
Thank you again for all your hard work. Together, we bucked a national trend that saw more than a dozen states impose new barriers to voter participation. Celebrate this victory!
Our opponents failed to override Gov. Bev Perdue’s veto of the bill to require a government photo ID before voting!
And several other voter suppression measures did not pass – including bills to cut a week off Early Voting, ban Sunday voting, repeal Same-Day Registration, end straight-ticket voting, add new restriction for groups doing voter registration, and eliminate pre-registration for teenagers.
These bills failed because of your countless calls and emails, your showing up for marches and rallies, your personal visits with legislators, and the many other actions taken by Advocates like you. Thank you!
We should also thank all the legislators who stood up for voters and Governor Perdue who showed she would veto legislation that made voting harder.
Unfortunately, we did not succeed in freeing up the $4 million in federal funds from the Help American Vote Act. After significant steps forward, top leaders of the General Assembly reversed course, dug in their heels and refused to release the funds for the upcoming election.
It does make a difference who gets elected to public office!
Thank you again for all your hard work. Together, we bucked a national trend that saw more than a dozen states impose new barriers to voter participation. Celebrate this victory!
These bills were the same ALEC-created "model bills" being passed in other states, intended to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters and make it more difficult to vote.
Democracy NC's site: http://www.democracy-nc.org/
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