Check out our new Analysis of Fundraising by North Carolina Candidates for US House of Representatives. This report illustrates how North Carolina's Congressional incumbents hold a 5-to-1 advantage over their challengers when it comes to raising campaign cash. For more information or a comment on this story, please contact Democracy NC's Executive Director Bob Hall [...]
Write Your Senators Today! North Carolina U.S. Representative David Price (D) is one of the leaders in the presidential public campaign financing reform effort, while NC's Walter Jones (R), has introduced the Fair Elections Now Act (HR-1826) to bring VOE to U.S. House and Senate races. Price, Brad Miller (D), Larry Kissell (D), Mel Watt [...]
Are you concerned about all the new 2008 voters who failed to show at the polls the following year? Would you like to see them return to vote in 2010 and embark on a lifetime of good voting habits? If so, volunteer to help with our new voter phone banking efforts this fall. We'll be [...]
Are you interested in making sure we add to the voter rolls in North Carolina before the November General Election? Would you like to register new voters in your hometown or take part in one of our local coalitions, located in Durham, Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greenville or Winston-Salem? If so, please write our Organizing Director, Adam [...]
July 30th is the last day of Democracy Summer 2010 and this year's session saw our ten college interns working hard to register new voters and educate people on Voter-Owned Elections. If you are interested in receiving a wrap-up of this year's activities and results when it's ready, please write katymunger@democracy-nc.org.
Special-Interest Donations Fuel Fundraising Advantage Of NC Members of Congress Over Their Opponents: Polls may indicate that voters are in a mood to toss out members of Congress, but early results from the all-important money race show that political donors – especially special-interest PACs – still heavily favor the candidate in office, not the challenger. [...]
What NC Counties Are at the Highest Risk of Losing Funds Because of a Census Under- Count? Find Out Now. March 16, 2010 With 2010 Census forms due in mailboxes this week, a new analysis shows that one fourth of North Carolina’s counties are at a high risk of losing millions of dollars in future [...]
Monday, July 26, 2010: Several newspapers and blogs picked up our analysis of fundraising by candidates for Congress from North Carolina. Stories in the Greenville Daily Reflector and Washington Daily News included informative comments from Rep. Walter Jones and G. K. Butterfield about the burden of fundraising and concern about role of special interests. Jack [...]
This week was all about some Youth Voter Pledge cards. We hit the ground running on Monday and Tuesday by going to local recreation centers and talking to kids about voting. We were looking especially for high school students but when the "big kids" started signing the cards all the little ones wanted [...]
Shock, awe and amazement. These three little words are the best ways to describe the reaction we get from Fayetteville's citizens whenever we invite them to our neutral, informal City Council/ County Commissioner Meet and Greet. People, including some of the city council members and the county commissioners that have invited to the event, are [...]