North Carolina State Senator Ellie Kinnaird (D-Orange County) introduced a bill yesterday in the state Senate that might be a bellwether for insuring college-student access to the polls (we're calling it "Give the Republicans Heartburn Act of 2005").
The Kinnaird bill would apply only to Orange County, that is, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, but might form the basis for a similar state-wide reform of ballot access. The bill would give Orange County residents the express right to vote at any precinct in the county. The bill also apparently contains a provision to open "super precincts" for "early voting" that would stay open THROUGH election day rather than close the weekend prior.
Did we mention Republican heartburn? Anything that gives young people greater access to the democratic process can't be good for the Republican Party, or so they obviously think, because David Blust's brother, state Senator John Blust (R-Guilford), has already started screaming "voter fraud." In these guys' eyes, anything that makes access to voting easier is best shouted down by alleging incipient, massive "fraud," since obviously the desire to get to a ballot on or before election day is tantamount to mortal sin.
Friday, February 11, 2005
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