Democracy

The six constitutional amendments on the ballot this November were intentionally written by state lawmakers to be vague and misleading. Lawmakers didn’t include enabling legislation for a reason — they want voters to give them a blank check to fill in the details after the election. From WTVD: Thursday as a small group of current…

These amendments give state legislative leaders a blank check to rewrite our system of checks and balances and permanently entrench their brand of partisan politics in our state constitution. Anyone who believes in our democratic system of checks and balances should vote no on all six amendments. From The Salisbury Post: Like so many people…

The six proposed constitutional amendments are purposely vaguely written. Most of them do not have any “qualifying language” which means they aren’t written yet. If these amendments are passed it gives our current legislators (not the ones you elect this fall) a “blank check” to write into our constitution anything they want. The Republican-led General…

The constitutional amendments that will be on the ballot in November are either unnecessary or very damaging to North Carolina’s democracy. Republicans in Raleigh seek to cement their power by making it harder to vote, taking away the governor’s powers, and gaining power over our courts. Their plans have consistently been struck down by the…

If approved, these vague amendments would permanently change the state constitution, preventing future governors and legislatures from making changes alone. Current legislators would have a “blank check” to fill in the details of these constitutional changes after voters had voted. It’s time to set the course for policies in our state and unite against efforts…

The North Carolina legislature continues to try to subvert the will of the people with extreme partisan gerrymandering, unfair voting laws, and attempts to rig our courts. So far courts have found all these attempts to be unconstitutional. Now, the GOP led General Assembly is trying to trick voters into putting these unfair laws into…

Source: Dennis Draughon, Capitol Broadcasting After a panel of judges struck down two of the General Assembly’s misleading constitutional amendments, lawmakers decided to return for yet another special session on Friday to rewrite the ballot language for the two proposals. Unfortunately, no amount of rewrites can change these amendments from what they are — misleading attempts to eviscerate…

First, every living former governor of NC spoke out against two amendments that seek to do away with the separation of powers in our state. Now, every living former chief justice of the state Supreme Court is also publicly opposing the amendments. When this many leaders on both sides of the aisle strongly oppose these…

The Republicans in Raleigh are seeking to change the rules in the middle of the game. They are the ones who changed judicial elections to make them partisan. They are the ones who canceled judicial primaries. And now that all this effort to rig the system has backfired, they want a do-over. From WRAL: The…