Common Cause of NC’s Brooks Fuller on efforts by election officials to erect new hurdles for voters
Brooks Fuller (Courtesy photo)
With Labor Day right around the corner, it means that the fall election season is upon us, and this year, there’s another development that’s heralding its arrival – controversy surrounding voting rules. Republican officials at both the state and local level have been acting in recent weeks to erect new hurdles for voters to negotiate.
Among the changes that have either been enacted or proposed: plans to eliminate Sunday voting in many places and new rules that would make it easier to discard mailed ballots and harder for voters unable to meet the state’s photo…
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