Abridging the Vote: True the Vote in North Carolina

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[6]. King Street Patriots, IRS Form 990, 2010: “True the Vote: Certificate of Formation – Nonprofit Corporation,” Texas Secretary of State form, filed 12/20/2009: KSP/True the Vote, IRS Form 990, 2010: “KSP/True the Vote: Certificate of Formation – Nonprofit Corporation,” Texas Secretary of State Form 202, filed 06/07/2010.

[7]. Ibid.

[8]. Patrick Brendel, “Texans for Public Justice files ethics complaint about King Street Patriots and KSP/True The Vote,” The American Independent website, October 18, 2010, http://americanindependent.com/149505/texans-for-public-justice-files-ethics-complaint-about-king-street-patriots-and-ksptrue-the-vote.

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[17]. Jay DeLancy, “Why This Matters to Me,” Vote Checker Blog, January 3, 2011,  http://vip-nc.blogspot.com/2011/01/why-this-matters-to-me.html.

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[19]. Stephanie Saul, “Looking, Very Closely, for Voter Fraud: Conservative Groups Focus on Registration in Swing States,” New York Times, September 16, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/17/us/politics/groups-like-true-the-vote-are-looking-very-closely-for-voter-fraud.html?pagewanted=all.

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[23]. Donna Yowell member page, Triangle Conservatives Unite! website, created March 28, 2009, http://www.triangleconservativesunite.com/members/9223594/?op=&memberId=9223594; “Donna Yowell’s Page,” Haywood County, North Carolina 9-12 Project, May 26, 2011,   http://9-12projecthaywoodcountync.ning.com/profile/DonnaYowell.

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[26]. Donna Yowell Facebook Timeline, July 23, 2010, https://www.facebook.com/donna.yowell?fref=ts.

[27]. Donna Yowell, “Obama’s Threats,” West KNollwood Precinct website, August 27, 2011,  http://www.westknollwoodprecinct.com/1/post/2011/8/obamas-threats.html ; “Officers,” Wake County Republican Party website, Accessed October 1, 2012, http://www.wakegop.org/officers.php?oid=6 : Donna Yowell, “Feet to the Fire” Event Announcement, Haywood County, North Carolina 9-12 Project website, June 3, 2011, http://9-12projecthaywoodcountync.ning.com/events/feet-to-the-fire; “6 NC Immigration enforcement bills advance in General Assemby,” Free North Carolina website, June 9, 2011, http://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2011/06/6-nc-immigration-enforcement-bills.html.

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[37]. Leah Nelson, “Nativist Leader Says Violence May be Needed to Save ‘White America’,” Southern Poverty Law Center Hatewatch website, August 23, 2011, http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/08/23/nativist-leader-calls-for-violent-acts-to-save-white-america/.

[38]. Devin Burghart, “Tea Party Leaders Attack Constitution,” Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights website, November 28, 2010, https://irehr.org/issue-areas/tea-party-nationalism/tea-party-news-and-analysis/item/351-tea-party-leaders-attack-constitution.

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