Under North Carolina's new voter ID law, otherwise properly registered voters without an acceptable form of ID will have to vote a provisional ballot. Reasons could include not having a photo ID that falls within a few limited categories, but it also could be something as simple as having an expired driver's license, an expired passport, or a Veteran's ID card more than eight years old.
If a voter is required to vote a provisional ballot, he then has to bring an acceptable form of photo ID to the county BOE office prior to canvass (the official certification of the election results), ten days after the election. But before he can do that, he has to get the acceptable form of photo ID that he didn't have on Election Day. That means, at a minimum, a trip to DMV to renew a license. And then another trip to the county BOE office.
In Wake County, the BOE office is on the corner of Salisbury and Davie streets. There are about ten parking spots (with meters) on the street, almost always taken. There is also a pay parking deck about block and a half away.
It all adds up. One trip to vote on Election Day (with about 15-20 minutes to vote provisionally and receive an explanation of how to correct the photo ID problem), one trip to get the correct photo ID (which will also cost time and money), and one trip to the county BOE office (which will also cost time, and in many cases, money as well).
I wonder what the original colonists would think........
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