On the afternoon of August 12, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrary signed HB 589, the omnibus election law bill. There will now certainly be one or more lawsuits to overturn various parts of the bill. The bill has many provisions that make it more difficult for voters to vote.
There are a few minor ballot access improvements in the bill. The petition in lieu of the filing fee is reduced somewhat. The bill also deletes the requirement that presidential primary candidates must either receive public funding or submit 10,000 signatures, although that restriction had not been enforced in 2012 because it was believed to be unconstitutional.
The bill also eliminates the straight-ticket device. Only twelve states still have the device.
The bill also moves the presidential primary from May to an earlier month that is determined by when South Carolina holds its presidential primary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-7BFzGYv3M Here is the link to the Governor’s response to signing the bill.
The Republican Party is an enemy of democracy.
Frankly, democracy as a form of government is a fraud. James Madison warned us about it in the Federalist Papers.
Explain, please? His concept of an extended republic, if that’s what you’re referring to, is hardly an indictment of democracy as inherently fraudulent. In fact, one might argue that a localized effort to selectively disenfranchise segments of a local electorate based on whom they are likely to support, is exactly the kind of “cabal” or “faction” work Madison sought to thwart with an extended republic.
It’s particulalry ironic, too, that you chose Madison to make your point, whatever it is. His biggest disappointment coming out of the constitutional convention was that the federal government was not give veto powers over all state laws. He almost certainly would advocate the use of federal power to negate these anti-democratic and un-American voter suppression laws that are being passed by our modern day anti-democratic and un-American cabal – the Republican party.