From the Charlotte Post:
A pair of bills filed this week would limit early voting and eliminate same-day registration, Sunday voting and straight ticket ballots in North Carolina.
House Majority Leader Edgar Starnes (R-Caldwell) filed House Bill 451, which would end or restrict same-day registration and early voting. Senate Bill 428, filed by Sen. Jerry Tillman (R-Randolph) would slash early voting from two weeks to one and eliminate same-day voter registration while saving the state money.
“I think Sundays just should be – some things you just shouldn’t do on Sundays, so I am just opposed to voting on Sunday,” Starnes told WRAL-TV.
Both parties have used early voting to increase turnout. In 2012, more than 2 million N.C. residents – nearly 40 percent of the total who cast ballots statewide – voted early. Democrats, who have been especially adept at using early voting in recent election cycles, slammed both proposals.
Hmmm … Democrats benefit most from early voting (because they are better at get-out-the-vote). Republicans want to cut it back. Just a happy coincidence, I am sure.