Sunday voting is a relatively recent electoral phenomenon that is increasingly embraced by African American churches, organizing get-out-the-vote caravans dubbed “Souls to the Polls.” Sunday voting also is increasingly targeted by critics in this state and elsewhere who want to see the practice banned.
Full story here. And read about how churchgoers are a key constituency this election.
More political headlines:
--President Barack Obama is canceling a planned campaign appearance in Florida and returning to Washington to oversee the federal government's response to the ever-threatening Hurricane Sandy.
--Jill Biden, likewise, canceled her stops Sunday in the Charlotte area.
--Bonus clip: S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley is helping to elect Republican Pat McCrory in North Carolina, but back home she's finding trouble. A cautionary tale for McCrory, if he's elected.
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Funny how the liberals did not want the church goers to
October 29, 2012 - 6:57am — cooldelavote on the marriage amendment but they are driving them to the polls to vote for Democrats. I guess their vote for the Democrats is more blessed that their vote on the marriage amendment.