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December 3-5, 2011
Summit County council sniffs at elections board budget request
The Summit County Board of Elections is in for a fight if it wants to nearly double its budget, a county councilman says. Finance Committee Chairman Nick Kostandaras called it “ludicrous” that the board is seeking $9.3 million next year. Rick Armon, Akron Beacon Journal.
State ID law leaves village leader without right to vote
Ruthelle Frank was born Aug. 21, 1927, in her home in Brokaw. It was a hard birth; there were complications. A doctor had to come up from Wausau to see that she and her mother made it through. Robert Mentzer, Wisconsin Rapids Tribune.
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December 1, 2011
N.C. counties try to go it alone to require photo ID
Legal questions surface before legislation
Earlier this year, North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue vetoed voter photo ID legislation bucking a nationwide trend that has seen voter photo ID laws grow tenfold this year.
The General Assembly failed to override the veto and is again currently in special session with that on the agenda, but according to media reports the prospects of overturning the veto appear slim.
While debate continues at the state level, some counties in North Carolina are taking matters into their own hands. Recently several counties approved resolutions asking their state representatives to introduce legislation that would allow them to require voter photo ID at the county level. Read more…