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Thu Aug 18, 2016, 03:50 PM Aug 2016

NCGOP leader’s brother calls his actions ‘racist’ on Twitter

Democrat Brad Woodhouse says his brother – the executive director of the N.C. Republican Party – is making a “racist” attempt to limit early voting in this year’s election.

Brad and Dallas Woodhouse are political opposites who often debate on cable TV shows, once prompting their mother to memorably call C-SPAN and demand “a peaceful Christmas.” Brad Woodhouse currently leads a liberal group called Americans United For Change.

On Thursday, Brad Woodhouse tweeted a link to a News & Observer story about emails his brother sent to Republican county elections board members, encouraging them to “make party line changes to early voting” by limiting the number of hours and keeping polling sites closed on Sundays.

“This is blatantly racist and completely disgusting,” Brad tweeted to Dallas. “You should ashamed of yourself.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/campaign-tracker-blog/article96409392.html

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