Posted on 07/28/2022 6:03:40 AM PDT by CodeJockey
RALEIGH, N.C. — Tens of thousands of people serving punishments for felony convictions in North Carolina but who aren’t behind bars can now register to vote and cast ballots this fall after an appeals court ruling.
Expanding the scope of those able to register and vote began Wednesday, the State Board of Elections said — the day after local elections were held in more than a dozen localities.
The change proceeds from litigation challenging a 1973 law that prevents someone convicted of a felony from having voting rights restored while they are still on probation, parole or post-release supervision.
More than 56,000 people in North Carolina were prevented from registering under the challenged law, according to evidence cited in a 2021 trial.
The voter registration expansion "means you've got a voice," Daryl Atkinson, the lead attorney for civil rights groups and ex-offenders who sued over the law in 2019, said while celebrating the change at an event behind the state Legislative Building in Raleigh. “Imagine if 56,000 had something to say. But they’re going to have something to say in November."
A panel of trial judges struck down the 1973 law in March, declaring it violates the state constitution largely because it discriminates against Black residents.
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“Georgia and Tennessee will soon fall to that.”
Georgia’s not totally gone yet but getting closer with each day that liberal invaders keep marching in. Tennessee isn’t close at all yet.
The next southern state to fall, among those which are currently considered to be rock-solid Republican (just like Georgia was only a few short years ago), will probably be South Carolina.
The invasion there is well underway, though it will be several years before the entire state falls. Charleston has “gentrified” and therefore gone downhill fast over the past 10-20 years; and Myrtle Beach, which for now is such a good area, is going to be next. It’s growing like a cancer, and “cancer” is an appropriate description of many of the invaders.
Good areas never stay good indefinitely — the bad people always follow.
The issue with Atlanta is, like many other states, Georgia has 159 counties.
Soon about 12 or 13 will decide the offices of Governor, Lt Governor, AG and SecState.
SC: my mom lives there. Her small, coastal town is being destroyed with over development and invaders from up north.
And you forgot to mention Greenville, which has become a liberal dump. A good friend has family up there. Very Cknsecative. Solid MAGA types. A few years ago I asked her about all the hipsters moving there. At the time she said it wasn’t a big deal. She was just up there. Said the place is GONE.
So sad. They ruin one place and then move or the next place to ruin
What’s happening in our lifetime is the downfall of the United States.. We should be ashamed of ourselves..
I don’t have a problem with the law as it is now but this is just more ways to cheat. As if they need more.
Check this out. Very biased article from the main local propagandist network of the state. Board of Elections are being ‘intimidated’ because people are asking to see proof of election results. Writer drips with bias with statements like this.......
“Over the past two years, election officials in North Carolina have faced an onslaught of complaints, records requests, intimidation and aggression from election skeptics, including many peddling disproven election conspiracies.”
I am happy to see people asking questions and wanting proof about the sketchy way things were run because no one thinks Cooper won without cheating. They knew better than to try and cheat Trump out of the win but they were disparate to get a Dim governor to push the covid BS.
I want a full audit of the mail in ballots. Especially the ones postmarked on election day that had 9 days to get there. This is where I place my bets on how Cooper got installed. I would like for someone to PROVE ME WRONG.
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