Questions 3
Evaluate what Lanishas said when she was arrested.
In paragraph 17 it states that, ."If you expect us to know that we should know we should not do something, then we should not be on the list or even allowed to do it.
Explain what type of people are not allowed to vote in north carolina?
In paragraph 7 it says, ¨The state's policy of banning people convicted of felonies from voting is rooted in a late 19th century effort by North Carolina Democrats to limit voting power of newly enfranchised African Americans as whole.¨
Explain it's called when someone votes and there still in jail.
If someone votes while they are serving a criminal sentence, it is called "strict liability".
Evaluate why Lanishas was on probation in the past?
¨Bratcher was on probation after being convicted of assault¨ States in the paragraph 5
Evaluate what did Mrs.Bratcher compared the police to.
Paragraph 2 says,¨They burst into their North Carolina home "like the Dukes of Hazzard", Bratcher says.
Evaluate what made her so to jail in the past?
Stated in paragraph 13 it says, ¨ she and her sister got into a fight with some other people and Bratcher was charged with assault with a deadly weapon.¨
Explain what was the point of the Jim-Crow-era law?
¨ Jim Crow-era law was something they made to intend to disenfranchise African Americans.¨ Stated in paragraph 4.
Evaluate why she was she arrested.
¨He crime was voting in the 2018 election. Stated in the paragraph ¨ 3.
Explain why is it hard for Bratcher to find a new job?
¨the pending criminal charge against her made it harder for her to find a new one, she said.¨ Stated in paragraph 35.
Explain where Lanishas grow up, and what she acknowledges?
¨ Bratcher grew up in Hoke County, where she readily acknowledges she had a rocky past, sometimes getting in trouble with law enforcement.¨ Stated in paragraph 13
Explain what is a deadly weapon.
A deadly weapon is anything that you can hurt someone with. Like a pen, pencil, bag etc.
Frocats what law was she being punished for.
¨ she's being punished based on a Jim Crow-era law that was intended to disenfranchise African Americans.¨ stated it in paragraph 4
Evaluate did anyone tell her that she couldn't vote when she went down there?
Bratcher registered to vote, according to election records. She said that at that time, nobody had told her she couldn't vote.¨, stated in paragraph 15
Forecast what she doesn't want her two daughters to know about.
It states in paragraph 36 that, ¨She has two daughters, ages 12 and 7, and she doesn't want them to know about her voter fraud case.¨
Evaluate was it the first time that this incident happened?
¨In 2018, 12 people with felony convictions in the state were prosecuted for illegal voting.....they also said they didn't know they were ineligible¨ Stated in paragraph 33.
Evaluate how many times do americans have to convicted a felony in order to lose their voting rights.
¨Americans lose the right to vote if they are convicted of a felony in 48 of the 50 states.¨
Evaluate what paragraph does it say Mr.Brachters opinion about his wife not voting.
"If you don't vote again, then the law would have done exactly what it was supposed to do, which is to suppress your vote," he said. "If they've got you afraid, then the law did what it's supposed to do.", stated in paragraph 42.
Evaluate how the people feel about the North Carolina law.
¨The North Carolina felon voting law has not only been discriminatory, but also confusing.¨ Stated in paragraph 26.