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North Carolina counties must restore voters to rolls, judge rules

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. · Saturday, November 5th 2016 at 12:36AM · 561 views
North Carolina counties must restore voters to rolls, judge rules
Posted 7:08 pm, November 4, 2016, by CNN Wire

A federal judge in North Carolina granted a preliminary injunction to the NAACP on Friday, holding that residents whose voter registrations were canceled in recent months because of a so-called “individual challenge law” must have their registration restored.

The ruling could affect thousands of voters.

“The court concludes that the balance of the equities and public interest factors weigh decidedly in favor of protecting eligible voters who are being removed from the voter rolls,” wrote Loretta Biggs of the US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.

Kim Westbrook Strach, the executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, issued a statement Friday afternoon saying her office “is working quickly to establish the procedures necessary to comply with the court order between now and Election Day.”

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Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Saturday, November 5th 2016 at 10:09AM

Republicans can't win if they can't use these voter, depression techniques, now that A federal judge in North Carolina granted a preliminary injunction to the NAACP on Friday and you can hear THE GOP saying: What Are We GOING TO DO NOW!

Now what I really can't see, is why any BLACK PEOPLE SEEING THIS ACTIONS OF GOP VOTERS DEPRESSION TECHNIQUES BEING USED TIME ATFER TIME AND TIME AGAIN WHY DO YOU THINK THE GOP GIVES A DAMN ABOUT YOU AND YOUR ISSUES?

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