Just weeks before early voting began, the North Carolina State Board of Elections sent letters to more than 241,000 registered voters notifying them that they did not have a driver's license number or partial Social Security number in their voter registration file that was validated when matched to government databases. The board acknowledged that mismatches were frequently caused by minor discrepancies - hyphens, apostrophes, name changes, typos - with no bearing on voter eligibility.
The California Voter ID Initiative is a common-sense and bipartisan way to restore the trust and confidence all voters should have in our election system. The initiative aims to verify the identity of individuals casting ballots in our elections, claiming it would address any concerns about voter fraud.
Commissioner Damian Pardo argued that changing to even-year elections is a much-needed reform that will significantly increase voter participation while saving the city hundreds of thousands of dollars.
