evidence that a certain particular group is a feaffecte. here we have overwhelming evidence that 70% of blacks would be affected by reducing early voting. but more than half of the electorate of the state. so there is irrefutable evidence that this is discriminatory. yeah. and professor, when you look at this, the motion points out that when you reduce the early voting period, of course, disproportionately, burns african-american voters and takes out one out of three voters when you look compared to 2012. the week of early voting eliminated was 900,000 ballots. 35% of all votes. if you are watching this kind of thing, whether you are a voting rights expert or not. you look at that. how can that be legal? this concerns me. civil rights community. justice department. what you are doing is you are going to make it less efficient. you are going to create longer lines. you are going to have difficulties at the polls.
going backwards is not an option! not now. not ever. it has been a big week for civil rights in north carolina. both through activism on the ground and leadership from the obama administration. on the same day that those moral monday protests resume, airing holder s justice department made another move against some of the harshest voter suppression laws in the nation. the doj along with the north carolina naacp filed a motion asking a federal court to urgently step in and block north carolina s voter information verification act. that is the law that cracks down on some of the voting methods used mostly by black voters such as early voting. same day registration and certain voting out of precinct options. the law introduces a strict voter i.d. rule that doesn t go into effect until 2016. the doj brief is assertive in confronting the north carolina law, arguing it was crafted to discriminate and that it singles out voting mechanisms like early voting in 2012.
they voted 70% of black voters voted in, in the early voting process. in north carolina. so this law will clearly have a negative impact on them. that s the justice department s concern. cory, what do you make of this week s news? i think the justice department is being consistent. they have been tracking north carolina s efforts as they have in texas, and south carolina, and others. and so they are bringing the hammer done to the extent that they can. i think what s interesting here, this sort of, we step back and think what brought this about. african-americans outperformed whites in the last two elections, presidential elections in north carolina. in 2008, 2012. as soon as the republicans came in and took over the legislature and the governor s office. they came in. made a beeline and shut it all down. it is one thing for these voting restrictions to be enacted. without there being some
moral monday family silence is not an option! standing down is not an option! going backwards is not an option! not now. not every. it has been a big week for civil rights in north carolina. both through activism on the ground and leadership from the obama administration. on the same day that those moral monday protests resume, airing holder s justice department made another move against some of the harshest voter suppression laws in the nation. the doj along with the north carolina naacp filed a motion asking a federal court to urgently step in and block north carolina s voter information verification act. that is the law that cracks down on some of the voting methods used mostly by black voters such as early voting. same day registration and certain voting out of precinct options. the law introduces a strict voter i.d. rule that doesn t go into effect until 2016.