Yesterday, June 7th HB 351 was displaced in committee as shown in the video below:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yZMS6U0GUg
The following article from reflector.com is reporting a vote on this legislation today. Not only was this legislation resurrected in the middle of the night, it will have its second and third readings today according to the latest calendar from the House. Although passage is assured, has anyone read the bill? This legislation is not what I consider to be a photo voter ID and Republicans will only admit off the record that this is another compromise. One representative who did not approve of the bill in its current form told me privately that if he did not vote for it, his constitutents would hold him accountable in the next election. I think “the constituents” should read this bill and then ask their legislators what happened before celebrating this “victory”.
David DeGerolamo
Voter ID bill heads to North Carolina House floor
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A voter identification bill pushed by Republicans to reduce voter fraud but opposed by Democrats who say thousands of citizens will be disenfranchised is ready for a key vote in the North Carolina Legislature.
The House scheduled floor debate and a vote Wednesday on legislation that requires potential voters to show one of eight approved photo identification documents. Otherwise, they’ll have to turn in a provisional ballot and prove their identity later to county election officials.
GOP lawmakers made a voter ID requirement a part of their campaign platform last year. They said constituents want more assurances their votes aren’t being cancelled out by people using false identities to cast ballots.
Democrats argue the incidence of fraud is small and the ID requirements unnecessary.
