Gov. McCrory is one smart man

How ironic is it that after the 2012 elections, the Voter Identification Verification Act was born?

The audacity of Democratic voters to even come as close to winning in North Carolina again.

A sigh of relief must’ve occurred throughout Republican voters bodies as the polls declared them a victory.

They wasted no time making sure there would not be a close call again.

Hence VIVA, ‘Governor Pat McCrory’s "side piece" that started off only covering Voter ID requirements around April 2013.

After the Supreme Court ruled the Voter’s Rights Act in June, they made VIVA "official" and the bill expanded from 16 pages to 57.

McCrory signed the bill into law in August.

I’m not judging, but that was a pretty fast move made on the Republican side.

Only four months and VIVA becomes a law. The problem is not how fast VIVA moves, but the way she moves.

Moves like reducing the time for early voting, college student IDs not being accepting as voting identification and eliminating same day registration.

So many restrictions and policies to stop what exactly?

The Democrats or any other party for that matter.

VIVA seems suppressive in its way of ironically eliminating specific groups from voting.

It is safe to say that since McCrory is the first Republican governor in 20 years in the state of North Carolina, older voters within these past 20 years have voted Democrat.

The slashing of same day registration voting kills the elderly and the African- American vote.

Mainly because African- Americans turn out more for same day registration than any other ethnic group and same day registration saves a round trip for those who cannot get around as much -- hence the elderly vote.

The termination of campus voting sites kills the vote also.

Coincidentally college students tend to vote more liberal.

The convenience in voting is made out to be more complicated than necessary through VIVA.

Oh yeah, to make things even more complicated there is no more voting for just one party straight through.

Instead voters will have to go through each candidate and vote for them, making the voting process even longer.

That would turn off anyone.

Smart man, that Governor.