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The latest on the Key Bridge collapse, New York puts forth legislation to get clean energy projects on the grid and Wisconsin and other states join a federal summer food program to help feed kids across the country.

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Deadline to Register to Vote is Today

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Friday, October 10, 2014   

RALEIGH, N.C. - Today is the deadline to register to vote in North Carolina, in order to vote in the November midterm. Late Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed an appeals court order that restored same-day registration and reinstated out-of-precinct provisional voting.

That means voters must register by today in their current home precinct in order to be sure their vote will count explains Allison Riggs, attorney with the Southern Coalition for Social Justice.

"The deadline to register to vote is October 10," Riggs says. "They can go to their local county board of elections and register in person or they can mail in their registration application."

If submitting by mail, your application only needs to be postmarked with today's date.

The new voting provisions that came as a result of North Carolina's new voting laws were challenged by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice. The case will now be heard in summer 2015 by a federal judge in North Carolina, not in time for this year's midterm election.

Supporters of the state's new voting law argue that some portions of the law could prevent voter fraud.

According to the State Board of Elections, more than 21,000 North Carolina voters used same-day registration in the last midterm election. Riggs and others are concerned about the number of people who may have difficulty voting in this election, and hopes the new law makes citizens all the more determined to make their vote count.

"It's complicated because the Legislature acted to keep people from voting and the response to that should be anger and participation, not apathy," Riggs says.

Depending on how it impacts turnout, Riggs says the court's action could have an impact on the outcome of next month's election, and even the majority of the U.S. Senate. Democratic Senator Kay Hagan has a 2-point lead over her Republican challenger Thom Tillis, according to a recent USA Today poll.



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