Posted on 06/23/2011 7:04:53 PM PDT by randita
North Carolina Dem Governor Vetoes GOP Voter-ID Bill
Eric Kleefeld
6/23/11
North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue (D) has vetoed a Voter-ID bill passed by the Republican-controlled state legislature. The proposed law was part of a wave of similar bills that have been pushed by Republican-led legislatures in the wake of the 2010 elections. Like those, it would have required voters to show certain approved forms of photo identification at their polling places, or else cast provisional ballots and then have to prove their eligibility later.
"This bill, as written, will unnecessarily and unfairly disenfranchise many eligible and legitimate voters," Perdue wrote in her veto announcement.
She also added an allusion to North Carolina's past as a segregated, Jim Crow state before the Civil Rights movement: "There was a time in North Carolina history when the right to vote was enjoyed only by some citizens rather than by all. That time is past, and we should not revisit it."
Perdue's veto is likely to succeed, rather than be overridden. The CBS affiliate in Raleigh points out that while the bill had passed the state Senate by a veto-proof margin, it had in fact only passed the state House by a margin of 62-51, short of the 72 votes that would be needed to override the veto in that chamber.
Perdue's full veto message:
Governor Perdue Vetoes House Bill 351 Calls on Legislature to Pass Bill that Protects Votes Instead of Taking Them Away
Gov. Bev Perdue today vetoed House Bill 351 and issued the following statement:
"The right to choose our leaders is among the most precious freedoms we have - both as Americans and North Carolinians. North Carolinians who are eligible to vote have a constitutionally guaranteed right to cast their ballots, and no one should put up obstacles to citizens exercising that right.
"We must always be vigilant in protecting the integrity of our elections. But requiring every voter to present a government-issued photo ID is not the way to do it. This bill, as written, will unnecessarily and unfairly disenfranchise many eligible and legitimate voters. The legislature should pass a less extreme bill that allows for other forms of identification, such as those permitted under federal law.
"There was a time in North Carolina history when the right to vote was enjoyed only by some citizens rather than by all. That time is past, and we should not revisit it.
"Therefore, I veto this bill."
Maybe everybody should just refuse to show ID for any reason based on what the governor said.
How dumb is Beverly Perdue? So dumb that she makes Senator Kay Hagan look clever!
(Note, this joke works both ways.)
Keep it up, Bev, and watch for another statewide blowout next year.
Great campaign issue for 2012.
North Carolina is a Democrat hell hole. The people won’t hold it against the governor. They will always look for the large ‘D’ on the ballot on election day.
The bill merely requires ID (which EVERY government office and every police officer requires reflexively), AND it gives a subsequent way to vote for those who have no ID to present, and yet it is somehow STILL unacceptable? Clearly, the Governor wants to help keep illegitimate voters voting, and thus disenfranchising legitimate voters. They should remember that in the next cycle.
north carolina may need some nevada or minnesota
ballot manipulation for the dems.
A highly principeled action by someone who understands she only holds her position of power due to illegal voters, and a corrupted election process.
Commie piggies like Perdue aren’t going to let the GOP do anything to stop voter fraud. The DNC’s largest voter base is fraudulent voters.
I would bet that the governor’s seat wasn’t on the ballot in 2010.
Any chance they can overide the veto?
I read they need 72-73 votes to override in House. We can email at ‘governor.office@nc.gov’ and let her know that without ID we can now vote 4 or 5 times (like the dems) to remove her from office.
The Gov. just wants the dead and illegals to have a right to vote too.
What do you expect from a Rat,OK why carry your Drivers License with you then? She let all the Cripples,Snakes and Thieves vote for craps sake,How many are legit???
Of course ... and to have the public-housing drones vote multiple times.
Perdue is the past; she’ll get hers. (For one thing, there are grand juries percolating for many of the “Raleigh Mafia.”) We didn’t elect a Republican majority in both houses, for the first time since Reconstruction, on a fluke.
If it weren’t for cheats, thugs, criminals, leeches and dregs of society, no Democrat would ever be elected.
Agree....
Explain last November then, sir.
Liberal White Female = Evil.
It will be especially delicious if new ID requirements result in a noticeable drop in Dem support in urban areas known for shenanigans.
You have to really wonder what goes through the heads of people like this governor as they spin these lame attacks on perfectly common sense measures to prevent the fraud that they benefit from. Do they feel like a shower afterward? Probably not, or the wouldn't be Democrats to begin with.
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