Democracy

North Carolinians Are Fed Up With Gerrymandering, Want Courts to Ensure Fair Maps

By Alanna Joyner / December 14, 2021 / Comments Off on North Carolinians Are Fed Up With Gerrymandering, Want Courts to Ensure Fair Maps

Across the country, Republicans are locking in newly gerrymandered maps for state legislatures that are aimed at securing the party’s control over the next decade – solidifying a political advantage for Republicans at the expense of fair representation for voters.  In North Carolina, Republicans crafted gerrymandered maps that blatantly pack and split communities apart to…

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North Carolina Voters, Including Republicans, Want Fair Election Maps

By Alanna Joyner / December 9, 2021 / Comments Off on North Carolina Voters, Including Republicans, Want Fair Election Maps

Amid ongoing redistricting litigation, a new poll from Progress NC Action highlights North Carolina voters’ support for election maps that are fair and constitutional. This comes as several lawsuits from groups and residents across North Carolina are pending to challenge the new legislative lines. The lines in question are the congressional and legislative maps which…

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NEW POLL: Majority of North Carolina Voters, Including Republicans, Support State Courts Ensuring Election Maps Are Fair & Constitutional

By Eleanore Wood / December 7, 2021 / Comments Off on NEW POLL: Majority of North Carolina Voters, Including Republicans, Support State Courts Ensuring Election Maps Are Fair & Constitutional

RALEIGH, NC– Progress NC Action released a new poll highlighting North Carolina voters’ support for election maps that are fair & constitutional.  72% of respondents say that gerrymandering is a problem, with nearly half (48%) saying it is a “very serious problem.” 74% of respondents, including a majority of Democrats (81%) and Republicans (66%), support…

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North Carolina’s Redistricting Fight

By Alanna Joyner / December 1, 2021 / Comments Off on North Carolina’s Redistricting Fight

North Carolina Republican lawmakers used the last legislative session to double-down on their gerrymandered maps, packing and splitting communities apart to keep districts safe for favored incumbents. Amid a rushed and inaccessible redistricting process, the new maps give the GOP a clear advantage — placing 10 out of 14 congressional seats in favor of the…

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T.R.U.E Report Delivers the Facts on Real Issues Impacting North Carolina Schools

By Alanna Joyner / November 9, 2021 / Comments Off on T.R.U.E Report Delivers the Facts on Real Issues Impacting North Carolina Schools

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 9, 2021  Contact: Durrell Johnson, Communications Director                  Durrell@progressnc.org The lack of funding has resulted in crumbling schools, teacher shortages and North Carolina’s students being the victims of state politics. NORTH CAROLINA – For too long, the Republican-led North Carolina General Assembly has underfunded North Carolina’s schools, leaving teachers and staff left…

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Voting district maps crafted by Republican lawmakers advance

By Alanna Joyner / November 3, 2021 / Comments Off on Voting district maps crafted by Republican lawmakers advance

On Monday, North Carolina Republicans advanced a proposed congressional district map for the next decade that, if enacted, would give the GOP a clear advantage — placing 10 out of 14 congressional seats in favor of the Republican Party.  The Princeton Gerrymandering Project gave the plan an “F” grade for partisan fairness, for it’s bias…

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NC redistricting hearing speakers criticize GOP proposals

By Alanna Joyner / October 27, 2021 / Comments Off on NC redistricting hearing speakers criticize GOP proposals

This week, North Carolina Republican lawmakers began posting draft versions of new congressional maps online, with several of the maps visibly indicating that GOP leaders are yet again drawing districts that give their party an advantage in future elections. Local community members, activists and Democrats called out the GOP’s efforts during redistricting public hearings on…

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Progress North Carolina Action Launches the T.R.U.E. Report Portal

By Alanna Joyner / September 29, 2021 / Comments Off on Progress North Carolina Action Launches the T.R.U.E. Report Portal

Today, Progress NC Action launched the True Reporting of Underfunding Education (T.R.U.E.) Portal, a website for parents, educators, and community leaders to submit testimonies of challenges facing our cash-strapped schools.  For years, the Republican-led legislature has systematically violated the constitutional rights of children across the state by failing to provide a sound basic education as…

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Citizens are speaking up to legislators. Adopt non-partisan redistricting now

By Alanna Joyner / September 22, 2021 / Comments Off on Citizens are speaking up to legislators. Adopt non-partisan redistricting now

With eight out of the 13 public hearings on redistricting completed, North Carolinians are sending a strong message to legislators, particularly Republicans; we need a fair, inclusive and transparent redistricting process. Historically, Republicans have consolidated power through voter suppression laws and gerrymandering — making it difficult for Black and Brown North Carolinians to cast their…

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Time for GOP-leaders to drop irresponsible rhetoric, racially-motivated voter ID laws

By Alanna Joyner / September 21, 2021 / Comments Off on Time for GOP-leaders to drop irresponsible rhetoric, racially-motivated voter ID laws

On Friday, a state court struck down North Carolina’s voter ID law noting that the Republican-backed law, “was motivated at least in part by an unconstitutional intent to target African American voters.” In the Holmes v. Moore case, two of the three trial judges declared the December 2018 law unconstitutional — making it the second…

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