NC Voter ID Laws Deliver Increase In Black Voter Turnout
Voter ID laws have been one of a number of bugaboos around which people have rallied, both for and against. Those who argue for them claim to want to add a level of honesty to the process, while those who are against them generally point out that the laws are racist and trend toward disenfranchising black voters.
Apparently… not so much.
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North Carolina is a state that has implemented such voter ID laws, to much wailing and gnashing of teeth, and the results are in: in the May 2014 primary elections for federal and state offices, held under the new laws, black voter turnout increased 29.5%, in an election where turnout increased overall, with an increase of white voter turnout of 13.7%.
In a filing from Judicial Watch, Dr. Steven A. Camarota is quoted, who confirmed that the “May 4, 2010 election makes for a good comparison with the May 6, 2014 election because both were primary elections held in May of a non-presidential year.” Camarota described the result as a natural experiment, as the May 6, 2014 election was the first and only election to occur after North Carolina repealed same-day registration and out-of-precinct ballots and restricted early voting with House Bill 589.
Judicial Watch further clarifies, “The results of this analysis – which may be reproduced using the publicly available data files – show that black turnout increased in 2014 by every meaningful measure.”
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OrdinaryBloke July 2nd, 2014 at 19:59
This, ladies and gentlemen, is a perfect example of the law of unintended consequences. The Reich Wing angered black Americans so righteously with their shenanigans that they came out and voted in record numbers. Keep up the good work shooting yourself in the foot, arseholes.
OrdinaryBloke July 2nd, 2014 at 19:59
This, ladies and gentlemen, is a perfect example of the law of unintended consequences. The Reich Wing angered black Americans so righteously with their shenanigans that they came out and voted in record numbers. Keep up the good work shooting yourself in the foot, arseholes.
granpa.usthai July 2nd, 2014 at 20:50
NC voters have enough sense to realize that when a General Assembly sleazes into power under a ‘religious flag’ and begins implementing programs that bring ‘honor to their god’, WE the people, can throw their backward WHITE racist butts right back out of power along with their wayward laws against humanity.
granpa.usthai July 2nd, 2014 at 20:50
NC voters have enough sense to realize that when a General Assembly sleazes into power under a ‘religious flag’ and begins implementing programs that bring ‘honor to their god’, WE the people, can throw their backward WHITE racist butts right back out of power along with their wayward laws against humanity.
Peter Longrod July 3rd, 2014 at 17:31
It appears conservatives are again shooting themselves in the foot. The assumption was that not many minorities will follow the letter of the law
Peter Longrod July 3rd, 2014 at 17:31
It appears conservatives are again shooting themselves in the foot. The assumption was that not many minorities will follow the letter of the law