law. joining me now is dale ho of the aclu s voting rights project and nia-malika henderson of the washington post. dale, what are your principal legal challenges to the law? we re challenging the law under both the united states constitution and section 2 of the federal voting rights act. the question we really have for north carolina is why won t you just let people vote? all americans should be free to cast a ballot and exercise the most fundamental right we have in our democracy. but as you can see from this bill, which has absolutely nothing to do with voter fraud but has everything to do with making the right to vote harder, it s not the kind of thing that we can tolerate at the aclu. it s not the kind of thing that our clients in north carolina and our co-counsel in north carolina can tolerate. it s a terrible bill all around. some people have called it the most suppressive voting law that s been enacted in the last 50 years, pretty much since the voting rights act was passe
justice department has indicated it will likely challenge that law. joining me now is dale ho of the aclu s voting rights project and nia-malika henderson of the washington post. dale, what are your principal legal challenges to the law? we re challenging the law under both the united states constitution and section 2 of the federal voting rights act. the question we really have for north carolina is why won t you just let people vote? all americans should be free to cast a ballot and exercise the most fundamental right we have in our democracy. but as you can see from this bill, which has absolutely nothing to do with voter fraud but has everything to do with making the right to vote harder, it s not the kind of thing that we can torllerate at the aclu. it s not the kind of thing that our clients in north carolina and our co-counsel in north carolina can tolerate. it s a terrible bill all around. some people have called it the most suppressive voting law that s been enacted in the
it s so vast and broad. and it really covers so many different types of people. students, african-americans as well. and i think this whole idea of preventing voter fraud, i think there have only been two alleged cases of voter fraud in the last ten years in north carolina. so this law clearly going out of the scope of that whole idea of voter suppression. the irony here is that republicans are the party of rolling back restrictions. right? let 1,000 markets bloom, freedom and all that stuff. and this one certainly puts more restrictions on people s ability to vote. it will be interesting to see what somebody like kate hagen says about this and her framing around it. she s up in 2014. and what all southern democrats sort of talk about when they talk about voter suppression. dale, i want to go to that specific point that nia just raised about the kids who were turning 18, say, the day before election day or on election day. because they will not be allowed
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the most restrictive in the nation. in addition to requiring a valid photo i.d. at the polls, it also cuts the early voting period from 17 to 10 days, abolishes same-day voter registration, ends straight-party voting and eliminates a program that allows 16 and 17-year-olds to preregister to vote if they would be 18 years old on election day. the governor says the new law, which takes effect in 2016, is a safeguard against voter fraud. you need a photo i.d. to board an airplane, to cash a check, or even apply for most government benefits. in fact, just recently both democrats and republicans joined together to require a valid government-issued photo i.d. to buy sudafed at your local corner drugstore. our voter right deserves the same protection. joining me now, dale with the