Democracy
Current Gov. Roy Cooper isn’t the only state leader who is willing to call out the NCGOP on its constitutional amendments stunt. All five of NC’s former living governors, both Democrats and Republicans, appeared in an unprecedented press conference where they unanimously spoke against two of the proposed measures. From WRAL All five of North…
Read More“Berger King” and the rest of the legislature arrived at the General Assembly on Saturday, August 4th to override Governor Cooper’s vetoes. One bill that would make sure that 6 constitutional amendments on the ballot will have no descriptions, making it very difficult for voters to know what they actually do. The other is to…
Read More“Berger King” and the rest of the legislature arrived at the General Assembly on Saturday, August 4th to override Governor Cooper’s vetoes. One bill that would make sure that 6 constitutional amendments on the ballot will have no descriptions, making it very difficult for voters to know what they actually do. The other is to…
Read More“Berger King” and the rest of the legislature arrived at the General Assembly on Saturday, August 4th to override Governor Cooper’s vetoes. One bill that would make sure that 6 constitutional amendments on the ballot will have no descriptions, making it very difficult for voters to know what they actually do. The other is to…
Read MoreProposed amendment would ask voters to blindly trust politicians who have already racially gerrymandered a broken legislature RALEIGH — Progress NC Action released the following statement on Friday regarding the passage of a proposed Voter ID constitutional amendment that is a wolf in sheep’s clothing and will undoubtedly result in even more unconstitutional voter suppression: “Trusting this legislature to…
Read MoreRepublicans in Raleigh rightly fear they will soon lose their supermajority. So they are attempting to rig the constitution in order to ram through their extreme agenda. They want to trick the people of North Carolina into cementing in tax giveaways to millionaires permanently. They’d like us to permanently suppress voters with a voter ID amendment…
Read MoreNorth Carolina’s film industry once supported over 4,000 permanent jobs in our state, but the industry dried up and moved to other states as soon as politicians eliminated the film incentives program in 2013. Now, U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis — who led the charge to destroy the incentives program as Speaker of the House — is finally…
Read MoreLegislators in Raleigh have had unconstitutional bill after unconstitutional bill struck down by the courts. Their answer is to try to take over the courts and appoint judges themselves in order to pass their extreme agenda without interference. Judges from both parties are speaking out against this undemocratic idea. It’s time our legislature stop this attack on…
Read MoreThe people of North Carolina know that an independent judiciary and fair elections are the keys to our democracy. Politicians in Raleigh have been enacting unconstitutional laws attempting to suppress the votes of young and African American voters. When those are struck down by the courts they decided to try to rig the courts in…
Read MoreFor a functional democracy, we must have an independent judiciary. Lawmakers in Raleigh have had their unconstitutional laws struck down by courts over and over again. Their solution to this problem is not to stop passing unfair and unconstitutional laws. Their solution is to take over the court and rig the system so they can pass…
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