North Carolina Republicans approve nation’s most restrictive voter suppression law • Eliminate pre-registration for 16- and 17-year-olds, who currently can register to vote before they turn 18. • Photo ID restrictions. • Shortens the early voting period. • Eliminates NC’s same-day voter registration program. • Outlaw paid voter registration drives. • Eliminate straight-ticket voting. • Eliminate provisional voting if someone shows up at the wrong precinct. • Prohibit counties from extending poll hours by one hour on Election Day in extraordinary circumstances, such as in response to long lines. • Allow any registered voter of a county to challenge the eligibility of a voter rather than just a voter of the precinct in which the suspect voter is registered. • Move the presidential primary to the first Tuesday after South Carolina’s primary if that state holds its primary before March 15. • Study electronic filing for campaign returns. • Increase the maximum allowed campaign contribution per election from $4,000 to $5,000. • Loosen disclosure requirements in campaign ads paid for by independent committees. • Repeal the publicly funded election program for appellate court judges. • Repeal the requirement that candidates endorse ads run by their campaigns.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 18:59:33 +0000
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