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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepub efforts at student vote suppression in Boone, NC fail. Spectacularly.
Cross-posting from the NC Forum for wider visibility. For original, see:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10695400
As mentioned in the original thread, I (appal_jack) am typing this with a newborn NC progressive in my arms, so I won't be able to participate in this thread much, but please spread the good news:
Minutes after the State Board of Elections selected an early-voting site on the campus of Appalachian State University for the general election on Wednesday afternoon, the N.C. Supreme Court stepped in and allowed a stay against an early-voting site on the college campus.
It happened almost immediately, said Ian OKeefe, a member of the Watauga County Democratic Party.
The State Board of Elections held a special meeting at 4 p.m. on Wednesday to select the early-voting site. The board members unanimously chose the Price Lake Room in the Plemmons Student Union from among multiple recommendations from ASU officials and members of the Watauga County Board of Elections.
Enthusiasm of the local Democrats quickly dissipated initially as news spread that the N.C. Supreme Court had taken up the issue and allowed a stay against an early-voting site on the campus, which would mean that the State Board of Elections wasnt legally bound to have an early-voting site on the campus and that the constitutional matter of no early voting at ASU could be decided by the courts after the general election.
I am pretty disappointed I think the Supreme Court decided to do something against the will of the people, and the will of this county, and they are actively engaging in voter suppression, and with the highest court in our state to be involved in that is disappointing, OKeefe said minutes after the N.C. Supreme Court ruling. I think they should be ashamed of themselves, and their actions do not warrant their position.
However, State Board of Elections spokesman Josh Lawson noted that the N.C. Supreme Courts ruling didnt void the State Board of Elections decision to have an early voting site on the campus of Appalachian State University.
The State Board can adopt a new voting plan for a county really at any time, Lawson said, adding that the State Board of Elections made the unanimous decision moments before the N.C. Supreme Courts stay because it thought it was under legal requirements to do so.
Unless the State Board were to meet again and establish a new plan for the county, the plan approved unanimously for [Watauga by the SBOE on Wednesday] stands, Lawson said.
http://www.hcpress.com/news/early-voting-at-app-state-a-go-even-though-n-c-supreme-court-steps-in-to-allow-stay-against-campus-site.html
The local Democratic activists who sued and fanned flames in the media about local vote suppression are true heroes!
-app
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Repub efforts at student vote suppression in Boone, NC fail. Spectacularly. (Original Post)
appal_jack
Oct 2014
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FSogol
(45,529 posts)1. Kick and congrats. n/t
appal_jack
(3,813 posts)3. Thanks. Second article from WRAL now linked here:
http://www.wral.com/app-state-gets-early-voting-site-/14105557/
-app
'Now do we gots the power or is it getting hectic?' -Digable Planets
appal_jack
(3,813 posts)2. managed to paste the gist of the linked article above - kick - nt
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)4. Excellent news
Great to see real democracy in action.
appal_jack
(3,813 posts)5. Yes, indeed. May it spread far & wide. nt
butterfly77
(17,609 posts)6. Kick&Recommended...