Of course there is voter fraud and of course people vote more than once in North Carolina elections. The surprising thing is that this type of fraud was discovered at all because ... Keep Reading
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Even the New Black Panthers Would Require ID
You must listen very carefully at about the 30 second mark to hear the gentleman with the night stick asking for the videographer’s identification card. This famous video is of ... Keep Reading
Voter ID Override Fails, Lives On To Fight Another Day
In an expected party-line vote, the North Carolina House of Representatives did not achieve the necessary 3/5 majority necessary to override the Governor's veto of HB 351, the ... Keep Reading
House Ponders Override of Voter ID
The N.C. House is gearing up this week for possible veto override votes on several of Gov. Perdue's record-setting 15 vetoes this session. Curiously, this N&O article describes ... Keep Reading
Voter Fraud: Detection or Coverup?
Civitas Institute Intern, Will Garvey has a great op-ed in the Lincoln Tribune this week. Will explains why he is a proponent of voter photo ID and describes his experience at a ... Keep Reading
Democratic Rhode Island Legislature Enacts Voter ID-So Why Can’t NC?
The heavily Democratic state of Rhode Island enacted a voter identification law last week that will require a non-photo ID at the polling place starting January 2012, and ... Keep Reading
Are You Part of the Silent Majority?
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 ... Keep Reading
Perdue Signs Photo ID Bill
That’s right, the photo ID bill I blogged on last week was signed by Gov. Perdue right after she vetoed HB 854,”Women’s Right to Know Act.” Senate Bill 474, “Photo ... Keep Reading
Surprise, Surprise – Perdue Vetos Photo ID
No we are not surprised. We saw the writing on the wall. Yesterday's reports from the mainstream media explaining that the governor had received more emails from people opposing ... Keep Reading
House Gives Final Approval to Photo ID Bill
The House approved HB351 that would require a government photo ID to vote. It was a substitute bill that eliminated the allowance of utility bills or other means of identification. ... Keep Reading