Tuesday, July 2, 2013

North Carolina Prepares To Suppress Black Voters, Now That The Voting Rights Act Lost Its Teeth

North Carolina Prepares To Suppress Black Voters, Now That The Voting Rights Act Lost Its Teeth: Just days after the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, North Carolina is moving forward with a host of bills to roll back voting rights. Republican lawmakers are accelerating a new agenda to eliminate early voting, Sunday voting hours, and same-day registration provisions. GOP leaders also vowed to move quickly to pass a [...]/p