Link-of-the-Day – Page 13 – Democracy North Carolina

LOD: State House Fundraising, 2012

Last month, a link took you to an in-depth analysis of political fundraising involved in the 2012 election of the 50 members of the NC Senate. Here’s the link for NC FreeEnterprise Foundation’s analysis of the NC House races in 2012, including the role of outside spending groups, a look at the hottest contests, and [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:22-05:00 April 11th, 2013|Citizens United Case, Disclosure, Link-of-the-Day, Money in Politics, Redistricting|0 Comments

LOD: Amplify Your Voice!

Hundreds of every day North Carolinians are meeting with lawmakers in Raleigh today, advocating for things like economic and social justice, access to quality, affordable healthcare, ending violence against women and protecting voting rights. Lobby days are more important than ever. It is vital that concerned citizens to come together to walk the legislature's halls, [...]

By admin| 2017-01-03T12:05:22-05:00 April 9th, 2013|Link-of-the-Day, Take Action Now!, Voting Rights|0 Comments

LOD: Becoming A National Joke

North Carolina is receiving plenty of national attention for the wacko legislators in Raleigh who are ready to move us back to the nineteeth century or off to another world. I'm not just talking about the NC House resolution to declare our exemption from the US Constitution so a local government can certify an official religion [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:22-05:00 April 8th, 2013|Civic Engagement, Get Out the Vote, Link-of-the-Day, Voting Rights, Youth Vote|0 Comments

LOD: Cool Analysis of Hot Issues

Time is running out to register for the NC Council of Churches’ Legislative Seminar on April 11. As the registration form and program announcement says, “The full day of workshops is led by expert presenters and offers opportunities for progressive people of faith to learn about critical issues facing the General Assembly. Grassroots activists working [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:22-05:00 April 7th, 2013|Civic Engagement, Disclosure, Environmental Issues, Link-of-the-Day, Lobbying, Money in Politics, Voting Rights|0 Comments

LOD: The New Photo ID Bill

NC House Republicans rolled out their long-awaited photo ID bill today, complete with a press conference and an initial round of responses from ID opponents. At its core, H-589 follows the model of the Republican bill (H-351) that Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue vetoed in 2011; it says all voters who go to the polls must [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:22-05:00 April 4th, 2013|Civic Engagement, Link-of-the-Day, Media Feed & Press Releases, Voting Rights|0 Comments

LOD: Mean, Nasty & Good

Today was the final day for state Senators to file new bills – and many of them seemed to be competing for who could file the meanest, nastiest bill. In the area of elections, freshman Sen. Bill Cook (R-Beaufort Co.) filed a bill appropriately numbered S-666 that would take away the parent’s tax deduction for [...]

By Bob Hall| 2013-04-02T23:26:12-04:00 April 2nd, 2013|Civic Engagement, Link-of-the-Day, Voting Rights, Youth Vote|0 Comments

LOD: Good Friday

This week ends on Good Friday with a press conference in a church, sponsored by the NAACP, Democracy NC and others, pointing out the fraud of state legislators trying to steal people’s right to vote by manipulating the election system – yet justice will rise triumphant! The respond to these hostile bills filed earlier this week [...]

By Bob Hall| 2013-03-29T19:57:18-04:00 March 29th, 2013|Civic Engagement, Disclosure, Ethics, Get Out the Vote, Link-of-the-Day, Money in Politics, Pay to Play, Voting Rights|0 Comments

LOD: Bill to Promote Voter Fraud

In case you’ve been waiting to see the much anticipated “Screw the Voter Act of 2013,” it was filed today by Rep. Edgar Starnes, NC House Majority Leader. This is not the voter ID bill, that’s coming later. This is actually a bill to Promote Voter Fraud! House Bill 451 creates new barriers to Early Voting, which [...]

By Bob Hall| 2013-03-27T22:16:14-04:00 March 27th, 2013|Civic Engagement, Judicial Elections, Link-of-the-Day, Money in Politics, Voter-Owned Elections, Voting Rights|1 Comment

LOD: McCrory’s Sweepstakes Windfall

New research by Democracy North Carolina reveals more ties between Gov. Pat McCrory’s 2012 election campaign and the corruption scandal that caused Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll of Florida to resign two weeks ago. Last week, Gov. McCrory said $8,000 was being sent to a Durham charity to purge his campaign account of the $8,000 donated [...]

By Bob Hall| 2013-03-26T22:45:40-04:00 March 26th, 2013|Ethics, Link-of-the-Day, Money in Politics, Pay to Play|1 Comment

LOD: Dirty Cut for Clean Elections

In 2004, North Carolina established the nation’s first effective public financing program for judicial elections. The Judicial Public Campaign Fund addresses the inherent conflict of judges raising big money from attorneys who appear in their courts. It provides an alternative source of campaign money for candidates for the NC Supreme Court and Court of Appeals [...]

By admin| 2017-01-03T12:05:22-05:00 March 21st, 2013|Judicial Elections, Link-of-the-Day|0 Comments