Election. She works three jobs to make ends meet. On meet. On election day she did not know where her correct polling place west so she voted close to her job. Even if they had told her she was a voting in the incorrect precinct she would not have had time to go to the correct precinct because it is there be penalties of being later to work. The same the one in washington. Thank you very much honor. [inaudible] i am good morning your honor. I am here on behalf of the North Carolina state conference of the naacp and other plaintiffs in that case. Many of whom are here in the courtroom today. I will primarily address the section to claim but hope to, briefly in the racial intent. We do, the North Carolina double its naacp is looking at both the section to racial claim. Youll open your comments will focus on section two . Yes i plan to primarily focus on results. Your honors, the plaintiff, after being with you in 2014 went to trial, to trials and in those trials we applied the framework
Misunderstood your argument, was that voting, one of the problems was the board of elections was given this authority to move voting sites around, and they could in that way discriminate against minority voters. Is that not part of your plan . With that is not part of our claim. In fact, in the reverse sort of the state has relied more on the fact that the location of Early Voting Centers and arguing that they, you know, were used to benefit africanamerican and democratic voters. Were not making a claim about the location of the Early Voting Centers. If anything, we think that the states reliance on that kind of argument is basically an admission of what the facts in this race showed, that race and party then i dont understand why that isnt part of your race and party argument. Well thats what im asking you about. Were not claiming that the new locations, the old locations discriminated against africanamerican voters. What were claiming is the cutbacks to early voting, eliminating seve
If you read the brief, there has been no case issue by any court with facts similar to what we have found by judge schrader that was found guilty of intentional discrimination. The court found that the legislature followed its procedures. The court found the legislature excepted minutes fairly significant one related to establishing a benchmark for the number of hours that can be used for early voting. The court found that the General Assembly adopted a twoyear roll up. Rollout period recommended by that president carter have proposed. The court found the General Assembly mandated an extensive Educational Campaign. And other findings related to the argument with the 14th amendment or section two, vcmpare this case to the case where i do not think that the facts were favorable to the state as they are here in the North Carolina case. For example, the texas statute charged a fee for the federal id when it was enacted. And despite having a less favorable record for the state, even the pan
[gavel] good morning and welcome to a special meeting of the government audit and Oversight Committee of the San Francisco board of supervisors. I am the chair of the Committee Aaron peskin joined to my right by norman yee our member london breed is in the nations capitol today and wont be joining us. Madam clerk do you have any announcements . Please silence all cell phones and 21 Electronic Devices and all documents submitted to the clerk and items will be on the. Board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you ms. Major. Fiscal year can we have a motion to supervisor yee can we have a member to excuse supervisor breed. inaudible . That is moved. Madam clerk can you read item 1 and two. Item 1 is a hearing on the recently published entitled San Franciscos crime lab promoting confidence and building credibility. Thank you madam clerk. First i would to thank the civil grand jury for this report acknowledge our interim police chief tony chaplin is with us and with that tu
Of Forensic Services. The level of turn over does not provide in our view the needed continuity for effective crime lab leadership. Going one step further we believe there is a need for an independent crime lab totally separated from the Police Department. This is not a new or novel idea. In 2009 a Blue Ribbon Committee of the National Academy of sciences recommended that all public forensic laboratories and facilities should be removed from the administrative control of Law Enforcement agencies or prosecutors offices. The committee stated and i quote forensic scientists who sit administratively in Law Enforcement agencies or prosecutors offices or hired by these units are subject to the general risk of bias. We agree with this statement. The need for independence was also a consistent theme we heard from many of those we interviewed during the course of our review. It is time to begin moving in that direction. And mr. Thompson as this was not actually included or at least i didnt see