Five ways to fight North Carolina bill on voter ID

From Rock the Vote blog, which offers reader commenting:

"A restrictive photo ID bill was introduced in North Carolina today, making it harder to vote for more than 500,000 currently-registered voters who do not have a state-issued ID. ...
Here’s five things you can do to take action around the bill.

• 1. Show up at a public hearing in Raleigh on Tuesday: The House Elections Committee is holding a public hearing to talk about the photo ID bill next Tuesday. Anyone from the public can attend, learn more about the bill, ask questions, and provide testimony to the legislators. The hearing is next Tuesday, March 15 at 2:00 p.m. in the Legislative Office Building (room 643) in Raleigh.  Common Cause will hold a quick training for all potential speakers between now and Monday so that you can be familiar with the proposed photo ID law. It is critical that we have a diverse student presence there, especially students who attend private colleges (because your student ID will NOT be accepted under this law).  If you are interested in testifying, please email me at the address below and I will schedule a time to talk with you to give you more details.

• 2. Phone banking: Thursday, March 10th from 5:15 to 8:30 p.m. at the offices of Democracy North Carolina (1821 Green Street in Durham) We will be calling constituents of crucial lawmakers across the state, urging voters to contact these legislators and ask them to oppose the photo ID legislation. In the coming days, there will also be phone banks in Charlotte, Wilmington, and Raleigh. Contact Rock the Vote for more information about those phone banks. 

• 3. Contact your legislator: If you haven’t already, please use this form to contact your representatives in opposition to the photo ID bill: http://bit.ly/eFsgPG

• 4. Sign a letter to boards of trustees at private colleges and universities: If you are a student or leader at a private college or university in North Carolina, please let Rock the Vote know so we can connect you with these critical efforts. (Photo IDs from private schools in the state would not be acceptable ID at the polls.) 

• 5. Spread the word! Forward this post to your friends. Update your Facebook status, urging people to get involved in one of the actions above. Tweet your opposition to photo ID and use the #NCGA hashtag. Every legislator is connected to updates from this hashtag, so make sure you take the opportunity to voice your opinion."

North Carolina: This is a great list of things you can do to get involved!

 
Remember, "voting turnout and activism means spreading the word!"