Elections board head testifies at hearing on NC voter law

WINSTON-SALEM, NC (AP) — The director of North Carolina’s Board of Elections says more than 96,000 people who used same day voter registration in 2012 might not have been able to cast a ballot if the state’s new election law had been in effect.

The Winston-Salem Journal reports director Kim Strach also acknowledged in testimony Wednesday that she could find no evidence of significant fraud in same-day voter registration.

Several groups are suing North Carolina and Gov. Pat McCrory over the 2013 law, saying it’s intended to disenfranchise blacks, Hispanics, poor and young people.

Earlier Wednesday, State Rep. Henry “Mickey” Michaux testified that he and other black legislators had worked for years to enact legislation making it easier for black people to vote. He said those efforts disappeared with passage of the new law.

Information from: Winston-Salem Journal, http://www.journalnow.com

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