Possibility of a voter ID law still looms |
Written by Bruce Ferrell/David Horn
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Monday, 23 January 2012 11:17 |
(RALEIGH) -- Gov. Bev Perdue vetoed a bill that requires voters to provide identification at the polls. The General Assembly could still override that veto but Bob Hall of Democracy North Carolina said certain groups would be hurt disproportionately by such a law.
"African Americans, low income voters, senior citizens, women who change their name so their name on their voter roll is not the same on their drivers license," said Hall.
Supporters of the bill says it would cut down on fraud, but Hall said very few examples of fraud exist. "There's no real justification for it because the only kind of fraud that a photo ID, telling a person to show me a photo ID, is of impersonation. That type of fraud is very, very rare in North Carolina."
An attempt to override the Governor's veto of this bill, and several others, could come at anytime, according to Hall. "They are just waiting for the right time to bring them forward when the numbers in the chamber indicate that they could get it done."
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