Tomorrow morning, thousands of people from around North Carolina will gather in downtown Raleigh and march together to the General Assembly. They'll be carrying messages of peace, hope, equality and justice. It’s the 7th annual Historic Thousands on Jones Street march (HK on J), and Democracy North Carolina will be there. Join us as we [...]
Here's a very real example of how BIG MONEY twists policy priorities and hurts average North Carolinians. In the 1990s, NC legislators gave businesses huge tax cuts that eliminated the "surplus" in NC's unemployment insurance trust fund. Then, as the Great Recession got worse, NC legislators decided to borrow money from the federal government to [...]
The movement against Citizens United is gaining strength. Already, 12 cities across North Carolina have passed resolutions opposing Citizens United. Now, the movement has a new voice in Congress. On January 22, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) introduced two Constitutional Amendments to overturn Citizens United —see the video below. In his words: "Three years have passed since the Supreme Court's [...]
A new report from Demos and U.S. PIRG gives us an insight into the post-Citizens United campaign financing system in the U.S. It’s a sad view. According to the report, 2012 marked the first ever billion-dollar presidential campaign. With Super PACs pouring an unprecedented amount of money into campaigns, this should hardly come as a [...]
“Voting says that the government is accountable to the people; Voter ID says the people are accountable to the government,” reads a letter to the Durham Herald-Sun editor written in response to John Hood’s statement that “Voter ID is not controversial.” Letters like this one are very timely because the issue of voter ID will come [...]
Earlier this week, the NC State Board of Elections released a report which found that, of the 6.6 million registered voters in North Carolina, 612,955 may not have a DMV-issued photo ID. The News & Observer reports that "the new analysis, which compared Division of Motor Vehicles records to state voter lists, discovered that 53 [...]
Republicans, African Americans, Women and Seniors Post the Highest Voter Turnout Rates in North Carolina Read the full release (pdf), which includes the 2012 Voter Turnout Index. A new analysis of the 4.5 million ballots cast inNorth Carolinareveals that registered Republicans showed up at higher rates and in larger numbers than in 2008, which contributed to the [...]
A Democracy NC staffer was tagged in this Facebook post from a volunteer who helped give rides to the polls in Durham on Election Day. We were inspired by the political awakening she describes and received permission to re-post her message on our blog. Wednesday, November 07, 2012 My consciousness shifted yesterday. I've always thought [...]
The NC State Board of Elections has released a letter in response to trumped up allegations by NC Civitas blogger Sue Myrick that thousands of 112 year olds are on the voter rolls and voted in North Carolina this year. The Board's response emphatically states that these reports are not accurate and gives the facts [...]
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