(NC Repub Governor) McCrory has not read voting bill, but will sign it

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By Associated Press
POSTED: 10:52 PM Jul 27 2013
By MICHAEL BIESECKER, Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory says he will sign into law a Republican-backed bill making sweeping changes to how and when citizens can vote ... "There is plenty of opportunity for voter registration — online, offline, through many methods," McCrory said ... North Carolina has never allowed voters to register online ... The GOP-backed elections bill tightens restrictions on registration ... McCrory was then asked specifically about the provision ending pre-registration by those under 18. "I don't know enough, I'm sorry, I haven't seen that part of the bill," McCrory replied ...

http://www.wral.com/mccrory-not-familiar-with-all-of-bill-he-s-to-sign/12710852/

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1. Attorney General fires off letter to McCory urging veto on voter ID bill

1:58 pm
Fri July 26, 2013
By Rachel Lewis Hilburn

... Passed by the legislature Thursday, the bill hits McCrory’s desk Monday. In a letter to the Governor, Cooper calls the new voter ID legislation "regressive" and says it would restrict North Carolinians’ access to the polls. Provisions in the bill would severely limit working people’s ability to vote early and on weekends, says Cooper. New voters wouldn’t be able to pre-register and vote as soon as they turn 18. And people who mistakenly show up at the wrong polling place would not be able to vote. Cooper also questions the need for voter ID – calling the requirements “unnecessary, expensive and burdensome” ...

http://www.whqr.org/post/attorney-general-fires-letter-mccory-urging-veto-voter-id-bill

[CanonRay]

2. Is it really too much to ask that they read this crap

before signing it into law? Really? Is that so hard? I am so disgusted and depressed with the news the last few weeks, I can hardly stand to listen. I think I need a break.

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3. He DID read it - his team helped write it. He's hoping his moderate voters are gullible

enough to give him a pass for his 'oh, he didn't REALIZE what was in the bill when he signed it' tap dance.

[Scurrilous]

4. K & R