Democracy
“The legislature finally comes back [and they] pass legislation that discriminates, makes housing less safe, blocks FEMA disaster recovery funding, hurts the freedom to vote and damages our economy,” said Gov. Cooper.
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“This new process should not discourage or prevent any eligible individual from voting and having their ballot counted,” NCSBE executive director Karen Brinson Bell said. “The State Board and county boards of elections are here to assist any voter who needs an ID or has questions about this law.”
Read MoreRobinson’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.
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