VOTER ID BILL COULD AFFECT 613,000 N.C. VOTERS. A Dome Morning Memo exclusive: A new report from the State Board of Elections found as many as 613,000 voters, or 9.25 percent of the North Carolina's voters, may not have a state issued driver's licensed or identification card -- raising the stakes ahead of Republican efforts to push for voter ID legislation in the upcoming session.
The new analysis, which compared Division of Motor Vehicles records to state voter lists, discovered that 53 percent of the voters in question are Democrats and a quarter are over age 65. A disproportionate share -- about 30 percent -- are black.***Thanks for reading the Dome Morning Memo. This is a daily tipsheet for N.C. politics that breaks news, offers analysis that drives the agenda and digests the latest political news. It's a new product so send send tips, ideas, thoughts or even a better name to dome@newsobserver.com. And thanks for reading. Click link below for more.***
