Finally, #SB326 is up: shrinking both the absentee request deadline and absentee ballot receipt deadline. Sen. Marcus shares our problem with it: voters don't know when they'd have to mail in their ballot to ensure it will be counted.
"This is voter disenfranchisement, not Election Integrity". Sen. Marcus. Votes will be thrown out just because of arriving after Election Day, even if it were submitted by then or even before!
Sen. Clark points out the hypocrisy of this bill that sponsors want to "know the winners on election night" but military absentee ballots still get to be counted well after ED, because the County Canvass is the real day to finalize the winners (a fully week after Election Day).
Our very own Des Gatewood made public comment that #SB326 is disingenuous "If #ncga really wanted people to vote you would allow every possible avenue like this grace period that has been in effect since 2009."
"As a Black person, the 15th amendment is the only promise that I can vote, and we have been through literacy tests, counting jelly beans, you name it. We should be defending the constitution here not enacting new forms of voter suppression." Des Gatewood
Thank you for speaking on this Des! 
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