WFU law professor, League of Women Voters oppose constitutional amendment on voting

By Howard Pearre Watch out! They’re trying to amend the North Carolina Constitution again.  On Nov. 5, after we make all of our choices for candidates for political offices, we won’t be done. Our ballots also will include an amendment to the State Constitution that may only seem to slightly change the wording about voter qualifications. But the proposed amendment actually has the potential to cause significant harm, according to a long-time Wake Forest University law professor and the League of Women Voters.  Why would they do that since it is already the law of the land that a voter must be a U.S. citizen and 18 years of age? WFU professor Margaret Taylor has urged citizens to vote “no” on the constitutional amendment. She explained in a statement that has gone viral on Facebook, that the current text of the State Constitution mirrors the protections of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by including protections of voting rights for “every person born in the United States” and “every person who has been naturalized.” (Article 6, Section 1 of the N.C. Constitution: “Every person born in the United States and every person who has been naturalized, 18 years of...