FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
28 March 2013
For More Information: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, President, 919-394-8137
Mrs. Amina J. Turner, Executive Director, 919-682-4700
For Media Assistance: Rob Stephens, Field Secretary, 336-577-9335
RALEIGH - The North Carolina NAACP, partners and people of goodwill will hold a news conference on Friday to respond to new legislation intended to suppress voting in NC.
The news conference will take place at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, 1801 Hillsborough Street Raleigh, NC 27605 at 10:00AM on Friday, March 29, 2013.
The NC NAACP unequivocally rejects House Bill 451 and Senate Bill 421 - proposed voter suppression laws. North Carolina Republican Majority Leader Edgar Starnes of Caldwell County and Senator Jerry Tillman of Randolph County, respectively, filed the bills yesterday.
During the news conference the NC NAACP and partners will be announcing a Strategy Session and Assembly with partners, friends and all people of goodwill on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church starting at 6:00 PM.
This offensive legislation seeks to cut a week from Early Voting, eliminate Same Day Voter Registration and ban Sunday voting! Cutting, eliminating and banning elements of our State's great voting process is a continuation of regressive policies that the legislature insists on promoting to the detriment of all North Carolinians.
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Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.
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