{"id":24251,"date":"2014-11-07T10:12:19","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T15:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=24251"},"modified":"2014-11-07T10:15:08","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T15:15:08","slug":"out-of-the-woodwork-they-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=24251","title":{"rendered":"Out Of The Woodwork They Come"},"content":{"rendered":"

WRAL.com<\/a> reported yesterday that North Carolina<\/a> NAACP<\/a> President Rev. William Barber has stated that Republican state House Speaker Thom Tillis<\/a> was elected to the U.S. Senate<\/a> on Tuesday not because North Carolinians support his policies but because of changes to state voting laws that affected who cast ballots.<\/p>\n

Well, not so fast.\u00a0 WAVY.com<\/a> reported on November 5:<\/p>\n

Unofficial results from the State Board of Elections<\/a> on Wednesday show more than 2.9 million people cast ballots through early and absentee voting<\/a> and on Election Day. The number exceeds the 2.7 million who voted in the last midterm in 2010.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s total represents 44 percent turnout when compared with the registered population of 6.6 million people. That\u2019s the same percentage as 2010. It falls short of the recent record of 62 percent in 1990.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s ballot tally should increase slightly as absentee and provisional ballots are inspected.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reverend Barber, just because you say it does not make it true.<\/p>\n

The article at WRAL<\/a> also reports:<\/p>\n

Barber said there were widespread reports of voting problems \u2013 the State Board of Elections said the election ran rather smoothly \u2013 and the shortened early-voting period and the elimination of same-day registration<\/a> affected thousands of North Carolina voters.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Again, Reverend Barber, please get your facts right. Just for the record, the early-voting period was shortened, but the number of hours for early voting did not change.<\/p>\n

According to Poor Richard’s News<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Comparing May 4, 2010 North Carolina primary<\/a> election data with the May 14, 2014 primary data, the study found that voter turnout<\/a> increased across the board, but particularly among black voters, where it increased by 29.5 percent, compared to an increase of white voter turnout of 13.7 percent. The findings were based on Census Bureau data and public names who signed the voter rolls.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The problem with same-day registration is that it gives the city or town involved no opportunity to confirm the address and information of the voter and thus opens the door for voter fraud. If the Reverend Barber is in favor of voter fraud, then he should support same-day registration. If he is in favor of honest elections, he should not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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