Democracy
Robinson’s staff may be able to prevent him from showing up at conspiracy theorist events like ReAwaken America, still, they can’t erase the long paper trail showing the beliefs he shares with these same people.
Read MoreConsidering the state’s “fresh abortion ban, a contentious, expensive gubernatorial race and steady population growth that has ballooned urban and suburban areas,” Team Biden is seeing the possibility of winning.
Read MoreThere is currently no budget agreement between the two chambers and it will likely be weeks before anything arrives at Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk.
Read MoreSince switching to the GOP, Tricia Cotham has shown she was lying when she said “I have been a champion of LGBTQ+ rights throughout my public service … I will stand strong against discriminatory legislation.”
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In a surprising decision, earlier this week, the conservative U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against North Carolina Republican leaders in an elections case that could have upended our democracy.
Read MoreNorth Carolina Republicans have been busy this week passing legislation aimed at making the lives of LGBTQ+ youth even more unnecessarily difficult than it already is for many in the community.
Read More“A handful of [legislators] are asking all nine justices at the Supreme Court to give them their absolute power to manipulate our elections, undermine our votes, and once again rig our maps,” stated J. Sailor Jones, associate director of Common Cause NC.
Read MoreOnce again, North Carolina is at the center of another presidential cycle, with President Joe Biden’s campaign team eyeing to flip the Tar Heel state.
Read MoreSB 749 is a power grab by NCGOP lawmakers that would strip governors of their power to appoint members of the NC Board of Elections, giving that power to themselves. SB 747 would eliminate the state’s three-day grace period for mail-in ballots to arrive after an election.
Read MoreNCGOP leaders introduced Senate Bill 747 – which implements stricter election rules – after consulting with “Big Lie” propagator Cleta Mitchell, a lawyer instrumental in the unsuccessful efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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