McCrory denies 12-year-old's request to discuss voting rights concerns
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Kimrey's hope was to meet with McCrory to talk about the voter ID bill, specifically the part prohibiting 16- and 17-year-olds from pre-registering to vote, as well as the cookies he brought out to protesters concerned about the abortion bill.
"I have a lot of friends who are 16 and 17 or are about to be, and they were really excited about being able to pre-register to vote," she told WNCN. "I have a lot of friends who are really into politics as well. They started talking to me about it, and I was like, 'I don't like that. That's not cool.'"
Last month, McCrory delivered a tray of cookies to protesters dressed in 1960s apparel outside the Executive Mansion.
Kimrey was among those protesters, who argued the Republican-led measures were taking women back decades.
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"I was like, 'Thank you very much, but it would be nice if we could have some rights with that,'" Kimrey told reporters at the time. "I would rather sit down with [him] while we're eating cookies."
Kimrey said even though she can't vote yet, the fact that she lives in North Carolina should make her opinion matter.
"I can't vote and I don't have a million dollars. I'm not a well-funded group. I'm just a kid who was born in and lives in your state," Kimrey's petition reads.
http://wfla.membercenter.worldnow.com/story/23232847/12-year-old-raleigh-girl-calls-for-meeting-with-mccrory-on-voting-rights
What an awesome child, freshwest! Yes indeed our future gets brighter by the day! She was brilliant!