North Carolina

Obama won North Carolina in 2008 but the democrats started taxing the rich less and the poor more so there is a high chance North Carolina becomes a republican state. Beginning in 2016, North Carolina will require voters to show a photo ID when they show up to vote in person. Until 2016, most voters will not be required to show any form of identification when they vote. Under the new law, North Carolina residents are required to show a photo ID at polling places. The law was signed by Pat McCrory last month, and civil rights groups moved quickly to challenge it. They said that the law’s requirements will make it harder to vote and that racial minorities will be disproportionately affected because they are less likely to have the forms of photo ID required by the law. Gov. Pat McCrory said the law will protect the integrity of the election process. Voters will not be required to present a photo ID until the 2016 elections and insisted that the law was necessary to ensure that “no one’s vote is disenfranchised by a fraudulent ballot.” The New Law requires voters to present government-issued photo identification at the polls and shortens the early voting period from 17 to 10 days. It will also end pre-registration for 16- and 17-year-old voters who will be 18 on Election Day and eliminates same-day voter registration.