ALEC taught GOP lawmakers to make "deals" with Black legislators on elections bills as a tactic.

In NC's voter ID trial, GOP said, in their defense, that a handful of Black legislators had voted for bill.

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newsobserver.com/news/politics-… #NCPol
"Republican lawmakers said, in their defense, that a handful of Black Democrats in the legislature supported voter ID in 2018. One was even among the bill’s primary sponsors."

2/ Full story by @will_doran:
newsobserver.com/article2511609…
Leaked audio recording from an ALEC meeting revealed how state lawmakers were taught create an appearance of bipartisanship.

From 2019:
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The Black Democrat who co-sponsored the Voter ID bill was Joel Ford.

Ford was then appointed by the GOP-controlled NCGA to the UNC Board of Governors.

4/newsobserver.com/article2511609… #VotingRights #UNC

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Foundation which awards multi-million dollar grants reminds #UNC it seeks "integrity, honesty, and sound judgement of those with whom we work" and asks for assurances that Nikole Hannah-Jones “is being treated fairly and equitably in decisions regarding her appointment."

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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has given over $131 million in grants to UNC since 1972. In the last two years alone, the foundation has given UNC more than $9 million.

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Multiple North Carolina city elections may be delayed until 2022 because delayed census results don’t leave enough time to adjust city council & other municipal voting districts to reflect population changes.

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Voting districts for state, county, and city elections are redrawn using census results to ensure that voting districts are roughly equal in population.

Congressional districts will also be redrawn as part of reapportionment & adjusting for population changes.

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North Carolina cities that may have city elections postponed to 2022 because US Census results have been delayed include: #Raleigh #Cary #Charlotte #ElizabethCity #Fayetteville #Greensboro #Greenville

See: canons.sog.unc.edu
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