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Endorsers of the project included Chris Kromm, director, [[Institute for Southern Studies]]. | Endorsers of the project included Chris Kromm, director, [[Institute for Southern Studies]]. | ||
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| + | Part of the crowd on West Jones Street April 13, 2011, in Raleigh protesting at the General Assembly the Republican majority's plan to suppress votes through a new voter photo ID law. | ||
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| + | Speakers included two college students who talked about the disproportionate impact on young voters whose existing photo IDs will probably not have their college addresses. Senior citizens who've given up their driving privileges and who do not have birth certificates spoke, along with a representative of the American Assoc. of Retired Persons. A homeless veteran spoke against the law, along with representatives of [[North Carolina Fair Share]]. [[Chris Kromm]] of the [[Institute for Southern Studies]] spoke as did several members of the General Assembly. Rep. Alma Adams asked rhetorically, "If you look like me, do you need a voter ID? Hell no!" | ||
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| + | Rep. [[Larry Hall]], one of the leaders of the opposition in the General Assembly, summed up the conclusion of many of the speakers ... that the supposed "need" for this proposed law only emerged after the Republicans took control of the General Assembly. "They want us to be stuck with them forever," Rep. Hall said, and the way to do that is to suppress the votes of groups not naturally aligned with the extreme conservative views of those now running the General Assembly. | ||
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| + | Rev. [[William J. Barber II]] of the NC [[NAACP]] thundered for all of us: "Tell it like it is! This is a voter-suppression, voter-intimidation law. But we won't go back! Too many have cried, too many have died for the right to vote!"<ref>wataugawatch UP-TO-DATE ANALYSIS OF THE LOCAL POLITICAL LANDSCAPE Thursday, April 14, 2011 Stop Photo ID: Respect Our Vote!]</ref> | ||
==The Nation== | ==The Nation== | ||
Revision as of 15:19, 11 September 2015
Chris Kromm is the Executive Director of the Institute for Southern Studies and the publisher of Southern Exposure. Before working at the Institute, Kromm was an organizer with the N.C. Student Rural Health Coalition. From 1992 to 1994, Kromm was Communications Director for the Student Environmental Action Coalition and editor of its monthly magazine, Threshold.[1]
War Times
In January 2002, a group of San Francisco leftists, mainly involved with STORM or Committees of Correspondence, founded a national anti-Iraq War newspaper[2] War Times.
Endorsers of the project included Chris Kromm, director, Institute for Southern Studies.
Voter registration rally
Part of the crowd on West Jones Street April 13, 2011, in Raleigh protesting at the General Assembly the Republican majority's plan to suppress votes through a new voter photo ID law.
Speakers included two college students who talked about the disproportionate impact on young voters whose existing photo IDs will probably not have their college addresses. Senior citizens who've given up their driving privileges and who do not have birth certificates spoke, along with a representative of the American Assoc. of Retired Persons. A homeless veteran spoke against the law, along with representatives of North Carolina Fair Share. Chris Kromm of the Institute for Southern Studies spoke as did several members of the General Assembly. Rep. Alma Adams asked rhetorically, "If you look like me, do you need a voter ID? Hell no!"
Rep. Larry Hall, one of the leaders of the opposition in the General Assembly, summed up the conclusion of many of the speakers ... that the supposed "need" for this proposed law only emerged after the Republicans took control of the General Assembly. "They want us to be stuck with them forever," Rep. Hall said, and the way to do that is to suppress the votes of groups not naturally aligned with the extreme conservative views of those now running the General Assembly.
Rev. William J. Barber II of the NC NAACP thundered for all of us: "Tell it like it is! This is a voter-suppression, voter-intimidation law. But we won't go back! Too many have cried, too many have died for the right to vote!"[3]
The Nation
Kromm was an occasional author for The Nation.[4]
External links
References
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- ↑ Institute for Southern Studies staff
- ↑ WAR TIMES January 29, 2002
- ↑ wataugawatch UP-TO-DATE ANALYSIS OF THE LOCAL POLITICAL LANDSCAPE Thursday, April 14, 2011 Stop Photo ID: Respect Our Vote!]
- ↑ Biography with The Nation