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Re: Condor65 post# 67555

Tuesday, 09/27/2016 5:55:04 PM

Tuesday, September 27, 2016 5:55:04 PM

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Ya, this Susan Myrick with the civitas institute is not a very popular pertson in NC, neither is the founder Art Pope or his son John.
Just a privileged rich republican group. Nothing special.

"Gilbert, who told the Associated Press that he plans to "take this show on the road," did not come to the Pasquotank elections board hearing alone: Sitting next to him was Susan Myrick, an elections analyst with the John W. Pope Civitas Institute. (This is not the same Sue Myrick who formerly served as the U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 9th District.) Civitas is a conservative think tank founded and largely funded by GOP mega-donor and North Carolina budget director Art Pope and named for Pope's father, the founder of the Variety Wholesalers discount retail chain through which the family amassed its multimillion-dollar fortune.

Myrick's presence at King's hearing has raised questions about Pope's involvement in efforts to roll back voting rights in North Carolina, which had made great strides in boosting turnout in recent years. But that progress in expanding access to the franchise is now jeopardized by a controversial new state elections law, the Voter Identification and Verification Act, which requires voters to show a state-issued photo ID but does not allow students to use school IDs. VIVA also shortens the early voting period and ends same-day registration."

https://www.facingsouth.org/2013/08/special-investigation-how-art-pope-helped-turn-bac.html