HELP THE WAKE YD’S
SUPPORT THE ON SITE REGISTRATION BILL TODAY
(SB 195)
SIGN THE PETITION TO GET THIS BILL PASSED!!!!!
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SDR
What it will do:
In Person Registration/Same Day Registration would revolutionize the way young voters, especially women and minorities, participate in the civic/election process. Young Democrats of Wake County and North Carolina at large stand behind this bill 100%, please urge your NC Senate representation to do the same! It is time to engage and inspire a new generation of leaders and voters in the state of NC.
How does it work?
Voters will arrive at an early polling site in their county of residence, present documentation verifying their identity, and sign a sworn affidavit that they the information they provided is true. Then VOTE!
Who would be affected?
Eligible voters who are at least 18 years of age and a United States Citizen; this includes just about everyone!
Why is this Important to me?
There are 1 million unregistered voting age citizens in the state, which excludes most students who never change their registration to a North Carolina county. If you forget to register for elections before the 25 day cut off prior to elections you are effectively cut out of the voting process. Registrations can get lost in the mail or come back invalid, why take the chance with your vote? Democracy means one voice, one vote for everyone!
What Can I do???
FIRST sign the petition: http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SDR
THEN get on the phones, email and snail male and ask your North Carolina Senators to PASS SDR! Click this link to find out who represents you:
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/members/memberList.pl?sChamber=Senate
LASTLY get the word out to your friends, family, coworkers about on site registration, FORWARD this email to as many people in your contact list as possible!
Drafted By:
Terence Morrison on Behalf of:
Young Democrats of Wake County
I’d like to hear someone point out the negatives of this bill before I sign the petition. I can see it possibly making voter fraud easier. Any other downside that others see? I want to know the goods and bads before I decide to support the bill. Any thoughts/analysis would be helpful. Thanks.
Comment by Tre' Morgan — June 20, 2007 @ 12:54 pm
Quite on the contrary. This bill actually protects against voter fraud.
1) A person must provide proof of residency and swear that he or she is a US citizen and resides at the address given. Lying is a felony crime.
2) The ballot is a retrievable ballot, so if a problem is found with the registration, it can be pulled and not counted in the official canvass.
3) MOST IMPORTANTLY everyone who registers to vote through this bill will be registering at an Early Voting Site and will be register by a PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED ELECTION’S OFFICIAL. Instead of having people come up to off the streets to register new voters a professional does it. Isn’t that safer?
There are very FEW documented instances of fraud in the states with Same Day Registration – no more that in states without SDR.
If you have any more questions please contact me at melissaaprice@gmail.com
Comment by Melissa Price — June 20, 2007 @ 11:12 pm
Today our In-Person Registration and Voting bill passed the Senate. Only problem is that an amendment requiring all voter application forms be in English was tacked onto it as well. In my opinion this amendment is racist and exclusionary. It needs to be taken out.
Rep. Deborah Ross also dislikes the amendment and as far as I know plans to ask the House to not concur with the Senate version of the bill.
Young Democrats, you need to contact your House members and tell them not to concur with the Senate verion of the bill. We need this bill to go to a joint session. There we can work it out.
Comment by Melissa Price — June 20, 2007 @ 11:23 pm