#Helene #NCwx #NorthCarolina 10/31/24
From Jenn Radcliffe DAT on FB: Hurricane Helene has made it difficult for some North Carolinians to vote in the 2024 general election. If you or someone you know is affected, visit https://www.ncsbe.gov/helene for ways to get your vote submitted.
Republicans have found a new way to try to secure a swing state for Donald Trump: #voter #disenfranchisement.
On Thursday, the Republican National Committee and North Carolina’s Republican Party ⚠️sued the states Board of Elections, or #NCSBE, to limit acceptable forms of voter identificationat the polls this November.
The lawsuit argues that students at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill should not be allowed to use a digital form of ID in order to vote.
They argued, without evidence, that allowing students and university staff to use their “Mobile UNC One Card” at in-person poll sites
“could allow hundreds or thousands of ineligible voters” to cast their ballots.
Additionally, they added
—again without evidence
—that the digital identification shouldn’t be accepted because 😂it “may be difficult for precinct official[s] to be able to see [the] screen.”
Republicans also filed a separate request for a judge to issue a temporary restraining order or 💥preliminary injunction preventing the use of the mobile ID.
While this may seem like a small story, young Americans are using digital wallets at greater rates.
As a joke from earlier this year said, an easy way you can spot a millennial is if they’re carrying a physical wallet with them.
And changing voter ID laws at the last minute is sure to have repercussions.
In July, Democratic North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper passed a law to allow voters to use mobile driver’s licenses starting in July 2025, 🔥which could now also face legal challenges down the line.
In 2020, Donald Trump won North Carolina by just under 75,000 votes.
According to recent numbers, there are more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students who attend UNC-Chapel Hill and over 12,000 members of faculty and staff.
In North Carolina, in-person early voting begins ⭐️October 17.
#PSA for #NorthCarolina #voters:
This is an #election year in #NC. Don't hang up your #voting hat until 2024. Many, if not all, municipalities around the #state will hold elections this year. #Charlotte, for instance, will hold their #PrimaryElection on Sept. 12.
Use this #map to see when you need to ask off from work. Do it now and remind your boss every two weeks. They "forget" things.
#NorthCarolina #ncpol #NCpolitics #politics #vote
Upcoming Election | #NCSBE
https://www.ncsbe.gov/voting/upcoming-election
Parents in Union Co., NC suing the school board over not following NC's school calendar law. There are other counties in the Charlotte region that are also not following the law. More law suits on the horizon? https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/education/article270960332.html
#NC #NCSBE #UnionCounty #calendar #northcarolina
