North Carolina House OKs removing racist literacy test requirement from state constitution
The North Carolina House has approved a constitutional amendment to remove a Jim Crow-era literacy test from its constitution.
The North Carolina House has approved a constitutional amendment to remove a Jim Crow-era literacy test from its constitution.
A majority of respondents, including Democrats, also support a measure that would specifically bar non-citizens from voting, which the state constitution already does.
‘You run to the polls, hoping and praying for change, and then you look around and nothing’s really happening. So you shut down.’
‘I hear my grandkids already saying, ‘See that, granny? I told you that didn’t do any good to vote, didn’t I?’’