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Minority leader Sydney Batch argued that the people of western NC cannot afford to wait. “Senator Berger wants the legislature to recess for two months while hurricane survivors are still living in uninhabitable homes, facing washed-out roads and waiting for their classrooms to reopen,” Batch said.  “He may be ready for a vacation, but our neighbors in western North Carolina don’t get to take a break from this crisis.”

House Bill 127, filed by Rep. Harry Warren (R-Rowan), would make it a class 2 misdemeanor for voter registration drives to hand out registration forms. Voter registration drives, which are commonly held at political rallies, universities, and churches, assist residents with registering to vote by distributing the registration form and then delivering the completed form to the appropriate election officials.