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Jan. 31, Lunch with Rep. David Price
NO ON VOTER ID FOR NC

Lunch with Congressman David Price. NO VOTER PHOTO ID REQUIREMENTS FOR NC.

Lunch with Congressman David Price

The League of Women Voters will host a Lunch with the League on Tuesday, January 31 at 11:45 AM at Spartacus Restaurant in Durham. Our speaker will be Congressman David Price who will speak on Campaign Finance Reform. Public is welcome.
Reservations are required. Please email Beverly Hanly at Hanly.bd@gmail.com by January 26 to reserve a place.
Spartacus restaurant is located at 4130 Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard, Durham 27705. Participants will select their food from a buffet as we gather. Please note that we are starting 15 minutes earlier than usual.
For further information contact Beverly Kawalec at bevkawalec@nc.rr.com or 942-6396.

NO VOTER PHOTO ID REQUIREMENTS FOR NC

Gov. Bev Perdue vetoed the bill and the legislature failed to produce the supermajority needed to override her veto
The League of Women Voters supports full participation by all eligible American citizens in the voting process. Consequently, we oppose new barriers which block citizen participation, such as photo ID to be presented at the polling place.
North Carolina has adequate safeguards in place that prevent fraud. Stringent ID requirements would likely disenfranchise those least likely to have photo ID: the elderly, persons with disabilities, young people, minorities and the poor, particularly in rural communities.
There is no evidence that voting by non-citizens is occurring in significant numbers. Since these activities are illegal in every state for federal elections, reports of prosecution and convictions would abound if significant numbers of people were, in fact, voting illegally. The evidence establishes that current anti-fraud laws work.
Indeed, evidence proves that illegal voting is extremely low. At the Federal level only 24 people were convicted of voter fraud between 2002 and 2005. Indeed, Americans are twice as likely to get hit by lighting as to have their vote cancelled out by a fraudulently cast vote.

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