The following is a statement from Bob Hall, executive director of Democracy NC: Democracy North Carolina joins the growing chorus of state and national opposition to House Bill 2 and demands the N.C. General Assembly use its upcoming short session to repeal this law, which once again puts politics above people. Similar to North Carolina’s [...]
Durham, NC, March 16, 2016 – While most North Carolina voters cast their ballots with relative ease, thousands of others faced serious problems because of election law changes, according to a voting-rights organization that coordinated the largest nonpartisan poll monitoring program in the state’s history on March 15. Democracy North Carolina, in a partnership with Ignite NC, [...]
Join faith communities across North Carolina in the It’s Our Time, It's Our Vote Souls to the Polls campaign to increase voter registration, education, protection, and voter turnout in every election during 2016 and for years to come. Click here to get started: demnc.co/souls
Federal judges have ruled two of North Carolina's 13 congressional districts are racial gerrymanders, unlawfully packing African-Americans within their boundaries and whitening the surrounding areas -- all for political gain. Drafted by the Republican-led N.C. General Assembly in 2011, these cynical, partisan maps continue to aggressively segregate voters even as North Carolinians prepare to head to [...]
Vote With or Without a Photo ID This describes the ID requirements to vote, beginning with the spring 2016 primary – plus some options if you find it difficult to get a photo ID. (8/6/15) What is an “Acceptable ID”? You have other options, but to vote at the polls with a regular ballot, you [...]
Alarm Bells from Silenced Voters by Isela Gutierrez and Bob Hall* “I have voted at this library in every election, but today I was told to vote somewhere else. I’ve already waited in line for 30 minutes and I don’t know if I’ll get to vote today. I may not have time to get to [...]
