Post by Blackfoot on Apr 4, 2013 15:21:45 GMT -5
Fear of the youth vote, now in North Carolina
By Laura Conaway
Thu Apr 4, 2013 12:30 PM EDT
In November, Republicans won complete control of government in North Carolina. They have the governorship, veto-proof majorities in both legislative chambers and control of the elected Supreme Court. Now North Carolina Republicans have set about the business of using their new majority to maintain their majority.
Using means now familiar in other states, North Carolina Republicans are proposing several ways of making it harder to vote. But one of the tactics is new to me. Republican State Senator Bill Cook wants to make voting harder for college students in particular, and to do that, he's pushing a bill that ties students' voter registration to their parents' taxes. If the student registers to vote at their college address, the parents would get a tax hike. They could no longer claim the student as a dependent, so the family would pay more in taxes.
Full article: maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/04/04/17600742-fear-of-the-youth-vote-now-in-north-carolina?lite
By Laura Conaway
Thu Apr 4, 2013 12:30 PM EDT
In November, Republicans won complete control of government in North Carolina. They have the governorship, veto-proof majorities in both legislative chambers and control of the elected Supreme Court. Now North Carolina Republicans have set about the business of using their new majority to maintain their majority.
Using means now familiar in other states, North Carolina Republicans are proposing several ways of making it harder to vote. But one of the tactics is new to me. Republican State Senator Bill Cook wants to make voting harder for college students in particular, and to do that, he's pushing a bill that ties students' voter registration to their parents' taxes. If the student registers to vote at their college address, the parents would get a tax hike. They could no longer claim the student as a dependent, so the family would pay more in taxes.
Full article: maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/04/04/17600742-fear-of-the-youth-vote-now-in-north-carolina?lite
