🧵Unbelievable Voter Suppression Efforts in North Carolina

Opponents of voting rights in the North Carolina state legislature are proposing a sweeping package of changes to state election laws ahead of the 2024 elections — including THROWING OUT any ...
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2/ mail-in ballots not received by Election Night, instead of the current three-day grace period after the election.

Senate Bill 747 also proposes more restrictions on mail-in voting, a ban on counties receiving grants to help fund elections, changes to the rules for same- ...
3/ day voter registration, a rule to make it easier for people to formally accuse others of voter fraud, and more.

What's worse? They drafted the bill with input from the Election Integrity Network, a right-wing org. run by a lawyer who helped try to overturn the 2020 ...
4/ election results. Just like the voter suppression bills of 2021, a dark money organization funded by billionaires is helping write legislation to make it harder for regular people to vote and participate in our democracy.🌿Voter Action Project

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