Link-of-the-Day – Page 16 – Democracy North Carolina

LOD: The People’s Amendment

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 [...]

By admin| 2017-01-03T12:05:23-05:00 February 1st, 2013|Citizens United Case, Link-of-the-Day|1 Comment

LOD: America’s Prospect

Regardless of how you felt about who won the White House or State House, record levels of Big Money and new restrictions on voting played a bigger role in the 2012 election than you might imagine, according to this sweeping essay in The American Prospect magazine. As you might expect, North Carolina takes center stage [...]

By Bob Hall| 2013-01-30T22:33:14-05:00 January 30th, 2013|Citizens United Case, Civic Engagement, Get Out the Vote, Judicial Elections, Link-of-the-Day, Money in Politics, Pay to Play, Redistricting, Voting Rights|0 Comments

LOD: Caucus Money Hits Record

On the eve of tomorrow’s General Assembly session, you’d like to see your legislators in meetings with their constituents, discussing their concerns about what state government should do. Well, that’s not exactly what you get in today’s General Assembly, where many seats cost more than $250,000 to win and money is always on the mind. [...]

By Bob Hall| 2013-01-29T10:45:36-05:00 January 29th, 2013|Ethics, Link-of-the-Day, Lobbying, Media Feed & Press Releases, Money in Politics, Pay to Play|0 Comments

LOD: Equal Pay?

Infographics are a cool way to present complex data; we’re trying to use more of them ourselves. Learn Stuff has a series, with the most recent focusing on unequal pay for women. Four years after President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act as his first law, men in nearly all sectors of the [...]

By Bob Hall| 2013-01-27T20:53:54-05:00 January 27th, 2013|Civic Engagement, Ethics, Link-of-the-Day|0 Comments

LOD: Time-Tested Attestation

A host of public-interest organizations have renewed their opposition to a photo ID requirement for NC voters. At a press conference yesterday, they rolled out a new website (www.protectourvotenc.com), new data about who does not have a photo ID, and a history lesson about an almost forgotten compromise struck a decade ago between Democrats and [...]

By Bob Hall| 2013-01-25T06:02:10-05:00 January 25th, 2013|Civic Engagement, Link-of-the-Day, Voting Rights, Youth Vote|0 Comments

LOD: Time-Tested Attestation

A host of public-interest organizations have renewed their opposition to a photo ID requirement for NC voters. At a press conference yesterday, they rolled out a new website (www.protectourvotenc.com), new data about who does not have a photo ID, and a history lesson about an almost forgotten compromise struck a decade ago between Democrats and [...]

By Bob Hall| 2013-01-24T21:56:08-05:00 January 24th, 2013|Civic Engagement, Link-of-the-Day, Voting Rights, Youth Vote|2 Comments

LOD: County-by-County Turnout

A Democracy North Carolina report today compares voter turnout rates among 30 subgroups of voters in all 100 counties. WRAL-TV combined today’s report with an earlier release looking at statewide participation rates to write a story that begins: “A new analysis of voter turnout data for the November 2012 election proves North Carolina has earned [...]

By Bob Hall| 2013-01-22T21:29:53-05:00 January 22nd, 2013|Civic Engagement, Link-of-the-Day, Voting Rights, Youth Vote|0 Comments

LOD: Billion-Dollar Democracy

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 [...]

By admin| 2017-01-03T12:05:23-05:00 January 18th, 2013|Disclosure, Link-of-the-Day, Money in Politics|0 Comments

LOD: Democracy Upside Down

“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 [...]

By admin| 2017-01-03T12:05:23-05:00 January 17th, 2013|Link-of-the-Day, Voting Rights|0 Comments

LOD: Scoop on Photo ID

The Fayetteville Observer has a revealing story today about how Republicans in the NC General Assembly plan to "move gingerly but deliberately to pass a law this year requiring voters to show IDs at polls." It includes extensive comments from Rep. David Lewis, co-chair of the House Elections Committee and the man charged with crafting the new legislation. He's ready [...]

By Bob Hall| 2013-01-14T22:48:38-05:00 January 14th, 2013|Civic Engagement, Link-of-the-Day, Voting Rights|1 Comment