After two weeks at trial, the state Friday could begin presenting its defense of North Carolina’s voting law. The Justice Department and other plaintiffs argue the law is discriminatory and suppresses minority participation in voting. But the architects of the law have yet to explain their motivation in court – and they don’t have to. WUNC’s Jeff Tiberii reports on the privilege many lawmakers are invoking.
Jeff Tiberii first started posing questions to strangers after dinner at La Cantina Italiana, in Massachusetts, when he was two-years-old. Jeff grew up in Wayland, Ma., an avid fan of the Boston Celtics, and took summer vacations to Acadia National Park (ME) with his family. He graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism, and moved to North Carolina in 2006. His experience with NPR member stations WAER (Syracuse), WFDD (Winston-Salem) and now WUNC, dates back 15 years.