Like the cuts in early voting that led to waits of eight hours or more to cost a ballot in florida. Huge democratic pushback and uproar over the changes in the voting laws, efforts in the republicancontrolled states to make voting harder did get rolled back somewhat. They were subject to a lot of human cry. Now in the relative calm of this late summer in an odd numbered nonelection year, it is the state of North Carolina that has gone further than any other state in the country. In the name of supposedly cracking down on voter fraud, which is never to any significant extent been proven or even seriously alleged in that state, North Carolina republicans will now ban you from voting unless you can show new documentation that you never had to show before. And that hundreds of thousands of legal voters in North Carolina do not have. And, of course, those voters who will not be allowed to vote without that documentation now, they, of course, are disproportionately minority and disproportion
To make voting more difficult. Like the cuts in early voting that led to waits of eight hours or more to cost a ballot in florida. Huge democratic pushback and uproar over the changes in the voting laws, efforts in the republicancontrolled states to make voting harder did get rolled back somewhat. They were subject to a lot of human cry. Now in the relative calm of this late summer in an odd numbered nonelection year, it is the state of North Carolina that has gone further than any other state in the country. In the name of supposedly cracking down on voter fraud, which is never to any significant extent been proven or even seriously alleged in that state, North Carolina republicans will now ban you from voting unless you can show new documentation that you never had to show before. And that hundreds of thousands of legal voters in North Carolina do not have. And, of course, those voters who will not be allowed to vote without that documentation now, they, of course, are disproportiona
The forsythe county Republican Party has announced that they no longer support James Lee Knox in his bid to become the next mayor of winstonsalem. This comes after mr. Knox admitted using with the local paper describes as several derogatory terms including the n word in a confrontation with a local elections worker last year. Mr. Knox acknowledged that he used the racial slur after the 2012 election. He said he was trying to find out the name of a black elections employee with whom he had exchanged words during early voting. During a conversation with another county worker, mr. Knox referred to the woman using several derogatory terms including the n word. Mr. Knox says he does not believe in using such words but that he, quote, got frustrated. Thats how he explains it. He got frustrated. You get frustrated and out pops the n word. She was black. You know, as you do. So reportedly the state Republican Party in North Carolina decided to not get involved in this situation in winstonsalem
Republican challenging the incumbent mayor of winstonsalem for the mayors job, James Lee Knox has just lost the support of his local Republican Party. The forsythe county Republican Party has announced that they no longer support James Lee Knox in his bid to become the next mayor of winstonsalem. This comes after mr. Knox admitted using with the local paper describes as several derogatory terms including the n word in a confrontation with a local elections worker last year. Mr. Knox acknowledged that he used the racial slur after the 2012 election. He said he was trying to find out the name of a black elections employee with whom he had exchanged words during early voting. During a conversation with another county worker, mr. Knox referred to the woman using several derogatory terms including the n word. Mr. Knox says he does not believe in using such words but that he, quote, got frustrated. Thats how he explains it. He got frustrated. You get frustrated and out pops the n word. She w
Of winstonsalem. This comes after mr. Knox admitted using with the local paper describes as several derogatory terms including the n word in a confrontation with a local elections worker last year. Mr. Knox acknowledged that he used the racial slur after the 2012 election. He said he was trying to find out the name of a black elections employee with whom he had exchanged words during early voting. During a conversation with another county worker, mr. Knox referred to the woman using several derogatory terms including the n word. Mr. Knox says he does not believe in using such words but that he, quote, got frustrated. Thats how he explains it. He got frustrated. You get frustrated and out pops the n word. She was black. You know, as you do. So reportedly the state Republican Party in North Carolina decided to not get involved in this situation in winstonsalem, but the local party did drop their support for mr. Knox. After initially telling the local paper that he felt that the local Rep