In poll after poll respondents overwhelmingly support a requirement for voters to show photo identification to vote. Civitas has polled this question for years and the results do not waver, anywhere from 84 – 88 percent of voters think it should be a requirement in order to receive a ballot. EVEN an April 2011 Elon Poll found that 75 percent support the voter ID bill that was ultimately vetoed by Gov. Perdue and a whopping 80 percent think requiring a voter photo ID to vote is “fair.”
Democracy NC is advertising a rally to be held on July 13 to “rally” against voter photo ID and the other election reforms the 2011 legislature has considered.
You remember Democracy NC – the group headed up by Bob Hall that refers to itself as non-partisan and an elections “watchdog”. The group may pass as non-partisan for tax purposes, but they blatantly promote and advance liberal/progressive election reforms. Democracy NC partners with a multitude of fringe-left organizations to advance their extreme liberal agendas.
So, if you wonder why the grand majority of the people of North Carolina have been ignored for so long when it comes to voter photo ID and other common-sense election reform ideas, take a look at the groups that report for duty when Bob Hall sounds the alarm.
Here, again, are some of Democracy NC partners – groups who, working closely with Democracy NC, have shaped North Carolina’s elections. Democracy NC (and partners) have walked the halls of the North Carolina Legislature for years guiding the former majority to enact some of the most liberal election laws in the United States.
Will these far-left groups be the only voices the legislators hear when they return to Raleigh to finish their redistricting work and to attempt to overide some of the Governor’s vetoes, including House Bill 351 (Voter Photo ID Requirement)? Or will the “Silent Majority” take a stand?
| AARP |
| NC Voters for Clean Elections |
| Blueprint NC* |
| NC Women United |
| Latin American Coalition |
| NC Lobbying & Government Reform Coalition |
| AMEXCAN |
| Alliance of Black Elected Officials |
| NC Justice Center |
| Conservation Council |
| Conservation Network |
| North Carolina Voters for Clean Elections is a large coalition of organizations |
| The North Carolina Center for Voter Education |
| Common Cause North Carolina |
| NC Policy Watch |
| The Common Sense Foundation |
| The North Carolina Coalition for Lobbying and Government Reform |
| GenerationEngage |
| League of Women Voters |
| NAACP |
| El Pueblo |
| Equality NC |
| The Alliance of North Carolina Black Elected Officials |
| The A Philip Randolph Institute |
| Organize North Carolina |
| The Coalition to End Homelessness |
| The Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina |
| NC Fair Share |
| The North Carolina Association of Community Development Corporations |
| The North Carolina Community Development Initiative |
| The NC Housing Coalition |
| The NC Justice Center |
| The Carolina Justice Policy Center |
| People of Faith Against the Death Penalty |
| Murder Victims’ Families for Reconciliation |
| NCCADV |
| The North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault |
| North Carolinians Against Gun Violence |
| The North Carolina Conservation Network |
| The Conservation Council of NC |
| Democracy NC Member Coalitions |
| Charlotte |
| several national fraternities and sororities |
| Working Families Win |
| ACORN |
| Charlotte HELP |
| the Latin American Coalition |
| Urban League |
| Fayetteville/Cumberland |
| Fayetteville-Cumberland County Ministerial Council |
| Pastors’ Coalition |
| National Pan-Hellenic Council the |
| Junior League |
| a radio station and other groups |
| Greenville/Pitt |
| the AKA’s Delta’s and Omega Psi Phi’s |
| League of Women Voters |
| SCLC |
| local business such as Burton Family Dental |
| Churches Outreach Network and other organizations |
| Greensboro Guilford Forsyth |
| the AKA’s Delta’s |
| CHANGE |
| High Point African-American Initiative |
| Minister’s Conference |
| Urban League |
| Black Leadership Roundtable |
| several re-entry organizations and other groups |
| *Blueprint North Carolina is a partnership of more than 40 different local organization Our goal is to influence NC state policy so that people here benefit from more progressive policies such as better access to health care higher wages more affordable housing a safer cleaner environment and freedom from discrimination |
| Center for Community Self-Help/Center for Responsible Lending |
| Center for Death Penalty Litigation |
| Conservation Council of NC Foundation |
| Democracy NC |
| NC Alliance of Black Elected Officials |
| NC Housing Coalition Inc |
| NC Minority Support Center |
| Planned Parenthood of Central North Carolina |
| Partner Organizations |
| State Partner Organizations |
| A. Philip Randolph Institute |
| American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina (ACLU) |
| Common Cause Education Fund of NC |
| Conservation Trust of NC |
| Disability Rights NC |
| Institute for Southern Studies |
| NARAL Pro-Choice NC Foundation |
| NC Against Gun Violence |
| NC Center for Voter Education |
| NC Coalition Against Sexual Assault |
| NC Community Development Initiative |
| NC Environmental Defense |
| NC Institute of Minority Economic Development |
| Planned Parenthood Health Systems |
| Southeast Raleigh Vicinity Emerging |
| Southern Alliance for Clean Energy |
| Traction |
| Unifour Organizing Coalition |
| Action for Children |
| Carolina Justice Policy Center |
| Community Reinvestment Association – NC |
| Covenant with North Carolina’s Children Inc |
| Environment NC |
| Fair Trial Initiative |
| John Muir Foundation (Sierra Club) |
| NC Advocates for Justice Foundation |
| NC Association of CDCs |
| NC Coalition Against Domestic Violence |
| NC Coalition to End Homelessness |
| NC Conservation Network |
| NC Latino Coalition |
| Southeast Regional Economic Justice Network |
| Southern Coalition for Social Justice |
| Unifour Organizing Coalition |
| WakeUP Wake County Inc |
Civitas might be non-partisan for tax purposes, but it’s a Republican mouthpiece. So what’s your point about Democracy NC?
See my new blog http://www.civitasreview.com/politicians/proud-of-the-conservative-brand/
for an answer to Ronald Geurling’s comment.
Why are Democrats so afraid of Voter ID? One reason would be because of their fondness for illegal aliens and voter fraud.