NC Dems guard against GOP voter intimidation
From Ballotpedia
September 29, 2008
In the wake of reports from Michigan about the Macomb County GOP there originally planning to employ voter caging and purging using a list of foreclosed homes to determine who no longer lives at an address from which mail was returned, North Carolina Democrats say they will ensure that the rights of voters at the polls are not violated or unduly challenged by the Republican Party.[1]
Alleged Exaggeration
NC Democratic Party Chairman Jerry Meek says the Republican Party tends "to exaggerate the significance of voter fraud" in order to justify challenging black voters. "The rhetoric of voter fraud is a political tool that…the Republican Party currently is using for the purpose of disenfranchising black voters, and [they may] succeed in getting away with something that would turn the clock back," Meek said.[1]
Lawyers
The DNC's North Carolina attorneys will be paying close attention to how voters are treated when North Carolina's One Stop Early Voting/Same Day Registration period begins on Thursday Oct. 16. "Those lawyers will respond to any complaint we have," Meeks said, especially if the Republicans attempt to challenge any voter's right to cast a ballot. "They raise the specter of voter fraud without an substantiation, as is usually the case," Meek said, "to achieve a political objective."[1]
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