Democracy

The town hall event in Fayetteville on November 11th was well attended.  Nearly 100 residents turned out to tell their legislators how they feel about the GOP plan to rig our court system.  The public agrees that we must have a fair and unbiased court system in order for our state to truly provide justice. …

Our legislature is tired of having their unconstitutional laws overturned in court. Their solution? Rig the courts.  Republicans in Raleigh have canceled the judicial primaries for 2018, creating chaotic ballots.  Politicized the courts by making elections partisan. And are now attempting to gerrymander judicial districts, which would double-bunk almost half of all African American judges…

The current legislature of North Carolina was found to be unconstitutionally elected by the Supreme Court.  The current legislative maps were found to be illegally racially gerrymandered and when the legislature was ordered to re-draw the maps, they dragged their feet for as long as possible, held sham public hearings, and ended up with new…

North Carolina Republican legislators have spent years and large amounts of taxpayer money to try to suppress voters in the state.  If elections were fair they fear they would lose their power.  They know they are legislating against the interests of the majority of North Carolinians, and so must rig the system.  Citizens of North Carolina…

Republicans in Raleigh are continuing to try to stall the redrawing of legislative maps.  The latest attempt was to ask the courts to let them try again.  They didn’t want an impartial special master appointed by the courts to redraw the maps, fearing the maps might actually be fair.  The court told them they had…

The Republicans in Raleigh have repeatedly sought to suppress the voters who disagree with them, and the courts have held them accountable.  Losing case after case Republican leaders are now trying to take over the court system.  This judicial meddling is nothing more than another power grab.  The clear message is: if we don’t like…

Republicans in Raleigh just won’t let go of the same voter suppression tactics they have been using for years to secure their power.  After the Supreme Court ruled that the legislative maps in North Carolina were unconstitutional Republican legislators redrew the maps, which are just more of the same unfair tactics. Now the federal judges who…

It’s clear that Republican legislators in Raleigh are seeking to gain power over the courts by gerrymandering Democratic leaning districts.  In Buncombe county this rigging of the system is obvious.  If they control the courts by politicizing them, and gerrymander the districts they can subvert any districts that don’t align with their political ideology.  Canceling…

Republicans in Raleigh want to make it easier for independent and third party candidates to get on local ballots.  Except when those candidates might run against them.  The goal is clear, split tickets in Democratic districts.  This legislature is clearly rigging the system in any way they can in order to grab power and keep…

GOP legislators in North Carolina have been losing in court.  Their voter suppression laws were struck down. Their racially gerrymandered districts, which enable them to retain their power without accountability, were found unconstitutional.  The Republican solution was not to draw fair maps or start playing by the rules, but to take over the judiciary to…