{"id":6696,"date":"2014-06-19T06:11:36","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T10:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncdata.wpengine.com\/?p=6696"},"modified":"2017-09-19T22:44:54","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T02:44:54","slug":"project-21s-lebon-discusses-logic-of-black-support-for-voter-id","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2014\/06\/19\/project-21s-lebon-discusses-logic-of-black-support-for-voter-id\/","title":{"rendered":"Project 21&#8217;s LeBon Discusses Logic of, Black Support for Voter ID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dispelling myths about voter identification laws and civil rights concerns, <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/P21Index.html\">Project 21<\/a> co-chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/bios\/P21Speakers_LeBon.html\">Cherylyn Harley LeBon<\/a> tells \u201cD.C. 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