NC lawmakers planning to vote on a constitutional amendment that could block 300k eligible voters

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NC lawmakers are planning to vote on a constitutional amendment that could block 300k eligible voters. Call & tell your rep to vote NO: 919-883-4528

"... recent comments by a Republican legislator, as reported by the Charlotte Observer, indicate that the battle over voter ID laws in North Carolina is not yet over. In a Facebook chat with constituents, Rep. Bob Steinburg, R-Chowan, proposed three constitutional amendments to declare that the state income tax would never rise over 5.5%, to protect hunting and fishing rights, and to require voter ID in North Carolina elections. These can be approved during the NCGA short session in May and presented to voters on the ballot in November. Polls suggest that a voter ID amendment would pass, given public support (without specifying the types of acceptable ID).

This issue is more than just theoretical. It is likely that the confusion and legal wrangling over the previous voter ID law was enough to depress turnout amongst African American voters.

Are you in favor of the constitutional amendments being proposed by legislators? Because this could come up for a legislative vote in May, contact your NCGA legislators soon to let them know what you think. If the NCGA passes these proposals, NC voters will vote them up or down in November. If this issue matters to you, make sure your voice is heard at the ballot box this year!"

https://www.stampncblue.org/2018/04/05/apr-5/

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1. No fraud has been detected in significant amounts and there is no one ...

that can provide these numbers (fraud voting) because there literally aren't any, perhaps 1 in 1,000,000,000 attempts (and I'm probably understating this figure too).

This is a clear and blatant violation of one's constitutional right to vote in a democracy. This is wrong and because a lot of the repug states are all going in different ways in their so called voter suppression efforts in different manners, the feds need to step in and regulate the whole thing and rule all other state efforts in limiting voting invalid.

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2. Yea. Facts go ignored on this issue because they need an excuse (even an invalid one)

to shove their voter suppression crap through.

VRA needs to be not weakened but expanded and strengthened at Fed level to stop this shit and the gerrymandering too (require districts be drawn by non-political, non-partisan committee who are NOT elected officials).

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3. You hit the nail on the nailhead!! Exactly what you say! nt

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4. Okay, please help me out here

As I understand it, the whole voter ID thing is about requiring voters to show an ID at the polling place. Maybe there's more to it, but that's what I understand.

If that's correct, I don't see where the problem is. Having a valid ID is not a big deal: a driver's license, state-issued ID, passport, anything with your name and picture on it.

What is it about this voter ID thing that I don't understand?

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5. Seriously?

http://www.google.com

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7. at what point does the 14th amendment kick in?

if voter id effectively denies the right to vote to 300,000 citizens, shouldn't north carolina suffer a proportionate reduction in its share of seats in the house of representatives per the 14th amendment?