You may be surprised by the names you see on the ballot – especially if you’re among the millions of North Carolina voters with new General Assembly and Congressional districts. You may even get the wrong ballot, but how will you know!?! Be prepared – preview your ballot before you vote; learn how at NCElectionConnection.com. [...]
Here are a couple in-depth stories that look at the money involved in a North Carolina state senate race (from the Independent Weekly) and the money involved in this year’s presidential contest (from NPR). A lot more money is expected to flood into the state senate race profiled here (Doug Berger vs. Chad Barefoot), much of it [...]
A report released today pinpoints potential hot spots in North Carolina where Tea Party-inspired volunteers may try to disrupt the upcoming election by questioning the legitimacy of voters, particularly at heavily African-American polling places. The report by the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights says there are 286 volunteers signed up with Texas-based [...]
The Associated Press reports: “A coalition of civil and voting rights groups alleges in a legal motion filed Friday that political districts approved by the majority-Republican North Carolina legislature disenfranchise black voters and asks a state court to declare the lines unconstitutional” – not for the November elections but for the future. Democracy North Carolina [...]
More is coming out about the shady activities of Nathan Sproul, a long-time Republican operative and the man behind Strategic Allied Consulting. Authorities in Florida yesterday began a criminal investigation into SAC’s activities after election officials in several counties found suspicious voter registration forms submitted by SAC employees. In many cases, the voter’s party affiliation [...]
Greg Flynn, ace investigator and blogger, uncovered the North Carolina ties of a well-connected voter registration outfit caught cheating in Florida. His work adds considerably depth to the unfolding story of Nathan Sproul’s Strategic Allied Consulting firm which, until last month, held multi-million-dollar contracts to conduct voter registrations drives for the Republican National Committee and state [...]
You can now preview your actual ballot for the November election online, at the website of the State Board of Elections. Use this link for registered voters; enter your first and last names only, as they appear on the registration rolls; enter your county if you have a relatively common name; don’t enter the birth [...]
North Carolina is not the only state where judges are elected in nonpartisan contests on a ballot full of partisan candidates. In Michigan, one Supreme Court candidate has found a way to call attention to the problem. She’s enlisted her sister’s co-stars from the “West Wing” hit series to cut a polished ad about getting [...]
Something that easily folds into your pocket, that’s smaller than an envelope, that’s widely available but in scarce supply, that gets your attention – that’s what overcame reams of scientific data and stopped the oceans from rising. An astonishing miracle. We witnessed it here in North Carolina, and now a little noticed blog has tracked [...]
Comedian Sarah Silverman has a wicked short video on YouTube about f**king voters in unpleasant ways. If her language seems offensive, what about the guts of what she’s describing? Nasty stuff.