Democracy

The last few weeks of 2016 saw a flurry of legislative activity that included undemocratic power grabs and the failure to repeal HB2. While the courts are still sorting out the mess that politicians created, we wanted to take a look back at the last few weeks of 2016. It all started when Pat McCrory…

The special legislative session next week is supposed to be focused on Hurricane Matthew relief. But McCrory has the potential to turn it into a session that also includes adding two new justices to the state Supreme Court in an undemocratic court-packing scheme. McCrory will be remembered for HB2 but he has a chance to end…

The Supreme Court is reviewing NC’s congressional districts because of racial gerrymandering. Justice Elena Kagan said Monday that redistricting based on politics is okay, but redistricting based on race is not. And the case will likely come down to the question: race or politics? The reality is that partisan redistricting is detrimental to democracy because…

Sen. Bob Rucho won’t say if lawmakers plan to add two more Republican justices to overturn control of the State Supreme Court RALEIGH — During a press conference on Wednesday, Sen. Bob Rucho refused to rule out the possibility that lawmakers will use the upcoming special session on hurricane relief to pack the State Supreme Court with…

Like most North Carolinians, The Charlotte Observer is done with McCrory. His his bogus voter fraud accusations and refusal to concede are further tarnishing his reputation. He is also perpetuating the myth that there is massive voter fraud in North Carolina, even though there is very clearly not, as most of his voter fraud accusations…

Roy Cooper has almost 9,700 more votes than Pat McCrory, who still won’t concede. The McCrory campaign is still fighting for a recount in Durham County, despite there being no evidence of anything wrong with the vote count and no path to victory with a margin so wide. It’s time for McCrory to listen to…

In a desperate attempt to cling to power, McCrory’s campaign had filed protests against dozens of individual voters, accusing them of felony voter fraud. The problem is: these accusations are poorly researched and often baseless. They accused 43 people of voting as ineligible felons, yet almost half of their accusations were wrong. And the campaign…

Civitas is taking the State Board of Elections to court this Friday, challenging same-day registration at early voting sites in bogus attempt to help Pat McCrory. The State Board of Elections requested four lawyers represent them, however, McCrory denied three of the lawyers without explicitly stating any conflicts. The denied lawyers all have experience working…

The Greenville Daily Reflector was one of the only newspapers in our state to endorse Pat McCrory for re-election. On Sunday they called on McCrory to stop his frivolous and unfounded protests and concede his loss to Roy Cooper.  With #OneTermPat trailing by more then 9,000 votes, there’s simply no path to victory. Add your name…

After GOP-controlled boards of elections in several counties dismiss McCrory’s frivolous complaints, it’s time for McCrory to concede RALEIGH — Progress NC Action released the following statement in response to the dismissal of Pat McCrory’s elections complaints in several counties on Friday, including Durham, Orange, Wake, Mecklenburg, and Halifax: “Pat McCrory’s refusal to concede his…