To: US Attorney General Eric Holder, US Attorney General
Will Justice Come to NC?
Democracy North Carolina
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Please use your authority to investigate and challenge the new voting restrictions enacted in North Carolina.
You filed a federal lawsuit to stop Texas from implementing a voter ID law that is part of a pattern of racially biased election changes in that state. There is strong evidence that North Carolina’s new election changes create unjustified voting barriers for women, youth, minorities, and especially African Americans.
For example, African Americans are over 50% more likely than whites to register by using Same Day Registration, to vote by using Straight Ticket Voting, and to NOT have a NC photo ID. The new law requires a photo ID and ends SDR and STV! On the other hand, whites are 60% more likely to use mail-in absentee ballots - and the new law makes forms to get mail-in ballots easier to obtain!
Please use your authority under the Voting Rights Act and Constitution to fight new barriers and discrimination in our state.
Thank you!
You filed a federal lawsuit to stop Texas from implementing a voter ID law that is part of a pattern of racially biased election changes in that state. There is strong evidence that North Carolina’s new election changes create unjustified voting barriers for women, youth, minorities, and especially African Americans.
For example, African Americans are over 50% more likely than whites to register by using Same Day Registration, to vote by using Straight Ticket Voting, and to NOT have a NC photo ID. The new law requires a photo ID and ends SDR and STV! On the other hand, whites are 60% more likely to use mail-in absentee ballots - and the new law makes forms to get mail-in ballots easier to obtain!
Please use your authority under the Voting Rights Act and Constitution to fight new barriers and discrimination in our state.
Thank you!
Why is this important?
The US Department of Justice has decided to challenge anti-voting laws in Texas. Please sign this petition to encourage US-DOJ to take action in North Carolina, too!
North Carolina’s new anti-voting monster law has many features that seem designed to make voting harder for certain groups [see www.democracy-nc.org]. For example, eliminating pre-registration for teenagers, ending Same-Day Registration, and refusing student IDs will push down voting by young people. Poor women will face new barriers since women are nearly two thirds of the voters who don’t have a NC photo ID, according to the State Board of Elections. African Americans are especially hit hard: They are 50% more likely than whites to register by using Same-Day Registration, to vote by using Straight Ticket Voting, and to not have a NC photo ID. In addition to requiring a photo ID, the new law ends SDR and STV! On the other hand, whites are 60% more likely to use mail-in absentee ballots – and the new law makes forms to get mail-in ballots easier to obtain!
Even though a recent US Supreme Court decision undermines part of the Voting Rights Act, other sections remain in force. The Justice Department aims to use those sections to stop the discriminatory election changes in Texas. In taking the action, US Attorney General Eric Holder said, the Department is “determined to use every tool at our disposal to stand against discrimination wherever it is found.”
Please sign the petition to urge Holder to take action in North Carolina - and then forward it to others. Thank you!
Bob Hall
Democracy North Carolina
North Carolina’s new anti-voting monster law has many features that seem designed to make voting harder for certain groups [see www.democracy-nc.org]. For example, eliminating pre-registration for teenagers, ending Same-Day Registration, and refusing student IDs will push down voting by young people. Poor women will face new barriers since women are nearly two thirds of the voters who don’t have a NC photo ID, according to the State Board of Elections. African Americans are especially hit hard: They are 50% more likely than whites to register by using Same-Day Registration, to vote by using Straight Ticket Voting, and to not have a NC photo ID. In addition to requiring a photo ID, the new law ends SDR and STV! On the other hand, whites are 60% more likely to use mail-in absentee ballots – and the new law makes forms to get mail-in ballots easier to obtain!
Even though a recent US Supreme Court decision undermines part of the Voting Rights Act, other sections remain in force. The Justice Department aims to use those sections to stop the discriminatory election changes in Texas. In taking the action, US Attorney General Eric Holder said, the Department is “determined to use every tool at our disposal to stand against discrimination wherever it is found.”
Please sign the petition to urge Holder to take action in North Carolina - and then forward it to others. Thank you!
Bob Hall
Democracy North Carolina