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I guess this goes to show you that it’s hard to have a large consensus on anything in politics. For whatever it’s worth, with the wording of that amendment I’m expecting it to pass with relative ease. Maybe not the high degree of consensus that I was expecting. But can’t imagine 50+% of people voting no for a proposal that only legal citizens be able to vote…..I agree it’s somewhat redundant but also just seems like such common sense.1. There’s already a federal law barring non-citizens from voting, so the amendment is redundant.
2. I believe the voting age should be 16, so I don’t want a constitutional amendment saying that the voting age in NC is 18.
3. I believe that non-citizens should be able to vote in local elections if that locality wants it to be that way. The amendment would prevent that.
4. History shows the North Carolina Republican Party and their supermajority in the GA will use this constitutional amendment to continue their campaign of voter suppression and intimidation.
Democrats are messaging to vote no. I voted no because it just seems like an opportunity to go back and add additional qualifiers to the language as they see fit.I expect it to pass as well because of the wording and most people won’t look into it enough to care what the consequences may be.
I haven’t seen any messaging from the NC Democratic Party specifically to vote no, but I haven’t sought it out either.
Or maybe it's just possible that Republicans in NC think that modifying the state constitution for total non issues that serve primarily to alienate and demean is a fun sport?I guess this goes to show you that it’s hard to have a large consensus on anything in politics. For whatever it’s worth, with the wording of that amendment I’m expecting it to pass with relative ease. Maybe not the high degree of consensus that I was expecting. But can’t imagine 50+% of people voting no for a proposal that only legal citizens be able to vote…..I agree it’s somewhat redundant but also just seems like such common sense.
Are Democrats encouraging their voters to vote no on the amendment?
That’s not how I see it but you’re welcome to vote your conscience. Ok to disagree. But it seems like a silly thing to be against.Or maybe it's just possible that Republicans in NC think that modifying the state constitution for total non issues that serve primarily to alienate and demean is a fun sport?
It seems silly to be against treating the state's constitution like partisan toilet paper to gin up some kind of angst that something needs to be done about this scourge of voting which isn't actually happening?That’s not how I see it but you’re welcome to vote your conscience. Ok to disagree. But it seems like a silly thing to be against.
I want paper ballots that are fed into machines that count the votes.North Carolina (and everywhere else that uses paper ballots) could speed up the process exponentially by having computerized voting machines. That seems so much quicker than coloring in every individual square.
There is nothing partisan about people needing to be citizens ages 18 and up in order to vote. The fact this is considered partisan highlights why Democrats poll so poorly on immigration.It seems silly to be against treating the state's constitution like partisan toilet paper to gin up some kind of angst that something needs to be done about this scourge of voting which isn't actually happening?
Why would you equate voting against the amendment to be against the issue? If that's the case, shouldn't we line up amendments about drunk driving? Hell, to my knowledge, the state constitution doesn't even address rape! We definitely need an amendment for that too, don't you think?
YesWhat don’t you support about the constitutional amendment? I was reading my sample ballot and the amendment seemed like something I would hope almost anyone would support. Did I miss something?
Just more of an FYI. Haven’t had time to go back and compare with previous years.Are you citing this as a good thing or a bad thing?
It seems to me to be a silly thing when we already have laws that accomplish the same thing. Why not have a constitutional amendment that speed limits in the state cannot exceed 70 miles per hour? The impact would be the same as this stupid amendment, which is simply political theater for dumb people.That’s not how I see it but you’re welcome to vote your conscience. Ok to disagree. But it seems like a silly thing to be against.
I voted against the amendment because it was put on the ballot as a political stunt to mislead voters into thinking "illegal migrants" were currently allowed to vote.I guess this goes to show you that it’s hard to have a large consensus on anything in politics. For whatever it’s worth, with the wording of that amendment I’m expecting it to pass with relative ease. Maybe not the high degree of consensus that I was expecting. But can’t imagine 50+% of people voting no for a proposal that only legal citizens be able to vote…..I agree it’s somewhat redundant but also just seems like such common sense.
Are Democrats encouraging their voters to vote no on the amendment?
This^I expect it to pass as well because of the wording and most people won’t look into it enough to care what the consequences may be.
I haven’t seen any messaging from the NC Democratic Party specifically to vote no, but I haven’t sought it out either.