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July 29, 2013

North Carolina Gov. Expected to Sign New Voting Rights Curbs 
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North Carolina Gov. Pat Mc Crory is expected to sign a new law today
that is being described as the nation's harshest crackdown on voting
rights. The new bill cuts early voting to one week, requires
government-issued ID at the polls, ends same-day voter registration, and
drops a program that helps high school students register to vote before
their 18th birthdays. Asked about the elimination of the high school
program at a news conference, Mc Cory admitted he had not read that
section of the bill.

 

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