Gov. McCrory Calls Federal Lawsuit On New Voting Rules An 'Overreach'

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Gov. McCrory Calls Federal Lawsuit On New Voting Rules An 'Overreach'

吉彩网网站 | By Gurnal Scott

Published October 1, 2013 at 4:41 AM EDT

North Carolina governor Pat McCrory has criticized as a government overreach.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder criticized the law signed by McCrory in August, saying changes such as restrictions on certain types of ID and fewer early-voting hours would reduce participation rather than expand it.

The governor answered Holder by talking about a video he saw from the last election of President Obama showing a photo ID at the ballot box in his home state.

"I believe if showing a voter ID is good enough and fair enough for our own president in Illinois, then it's good enough for the people of North Carolina," says McCrory.

"I believe our federal attorney general disagrees with the vast majority of citizens in North Carolina on this issue. In fact I believe the federal government action is an overreach and without merit."

McCrory says his office has hired attorneys to work with the General Assembly's legal counsel and the state attorney general to defend North Carolina against this federal challenge.

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Gurnal Scott joined North Carolina Public Radio in March 2012 after several stops in radio and television. After graduating from the College of Charleston in his South Carolina hometown, he began his career in radio there. He started as a sports reporter at News/Talk Radio WTMA and won five Sportscaster of the Year awards. In 1997, Gurnal moved on to television as general assignment reporter and weekend anchor for WCSC-TV in Charleston. He anchored the market's top-rated weekend newscasts until leaving Charleston for Memphis, TN in 2002. Gurnal worked at WPTY-TV for two years before returning to his roots in radio. He joined the staff of Memphis' NewsRadio 600 WREC in 2004 eventually rising to News Director. In 2006, Raleigh news radio station WPTF came calling and he became the station's chief correspondent. Gurnal鈥檚 reporting has been honored by the South Carolina Broadcasters Association, the North Carolina Associated Press, and the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas.

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