Link-of-the-Day – Page 44 – Democracy North Carolina

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

NC GOP leaders finally introduced their voter photo ID bill late yesterday and it's just a bad bill all around. Not only does it not address the biggest causes of voter fraud, it actually makes it easier to commit absentee ballot fraud, is badly underfunded and imposes a host of costly administrative requirements on NC counties. [...]

By gabe@democracy-nc.org| 2011-03-15T15:17:22-04:00 March 15th, 2011|Link-of-the-Day, Voting Rights|0 Comments

Monday, March 14, 2011

Context is always important. These two columns in national publications provide valuable context and important insights into what are the reasonable limits of a code of ethical conduct for Supreme Court justices and what are unreasonable restrictions on voting. The column about voting includes the conservative Cato Institute’s worry that the misplaced drumbeat for a [...]

By Bob Hall| 2011-03-14T16:58:10-04:00 March 14th, 2011|Civic Engagement, Ethics, Link-of-the-Day, Voting Rights|0 Comments

Friday, March 11, 2011

Is there a national effort to make voting harder for young people? The head of Generation18 provides an overview of the issue and the anti-voter efforts across the country, as well as a plea for deeper civics education in our schools. Closer to home, Charlotte WBTV has a cover story on how the issue is [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:41-05:00 March 11th, 2011|Civic Engagement, Link-of-the-Day, Voting Rights, Youth Vote|3 Comments

Thursday, March 10, 2011

The Independent Weekly this week features a blockbuster series of investigative stories about the Art Pope empire. One big shocker: Pope failed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes on his foundation’s earnings for YEARS, eventually begging the IRS for forgiveness with various lame excuses. So Pope turns out to be a miserly [...]

By Bob Hall| 2011-03-10T08:06:31-05:00 March 10th, 2011|Ethics, Link-of-the-Day, Money in Politics|0 Comments

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

The evidence of inappropriate behavior is mounting: Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas not only attended an expense-paid strategy retreat with the Koch brothers and their corporate friends before the Citizens United ruling; it turns out that back in 1991 Citizens United spent $100,000 to support Thomas’ nomination to the Supreme Court. As [...]

By Bob Hall| 2011-03-09T07:48:21-05:00 March 9th, 2011|Citizens United Case, Ethics, Link-of-the-Day|2 Comments

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Who are the voters most likely to face possible disenfranchisement by a Republican proposal to require NC voters to show a government-issued photo ID each time they vote? In early February, the State Board of Elections matched its database of registered voters with records at the Division of Motor Vehicles and learned that 1 million [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:41-05:00 March 8th, 2011|Link-of-the-Day, Media Feed & Press Releases, Voting Rights|3 Comments

Monday, March 7, 2011

Which state legislative seats will change the most? Detailed numbers from the 2010 Census are now available down to the block level for North Carolina. They show big population gains in metropolitan areas, modest increases in most other areas, but declines in several northeastern counties. It’s not easy navigating the new system of queries on [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:41-05:00 March 7th, 2011|Link-of-the-Day, Redistricting|0 Comments

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Here’s a nifty video that makes sense of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision – and explains the need for a Constitutional amendment to clarify that corporations don’t have “free speech” rights as “people” to spend unlimited money buying elections. There are a number of other links from the site for Free Speech for People, [...]

By Bob Hall| 2011-03-03T20:39:25-05:00 March 3rd, 2011|Citizens United Case, Link-of-the-Day, Money in Politics|1 Comment

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Democracy North Carolina weighs in on the controversial proposal to build special jetties or “terminal groins” near coastal inlets: Our media release today documents the millions of campaign dollars given by vacation homeowners advocating for the groins, and we caution legislators, especially those who say they’re against pay-to-play politics, please evaluate this legislation based on [...]

By Bob Hall| 2011-03-02T12:20:17-05:00 March 2nd, 2011|Environmental Issues, Link-of-the-Day, Media Feed & Press Releases, Money in Politics|2 Comments

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Want to read a case that’s being argued at the US Supreme Court? Here’s a link to an amicus brief (or ‘friend of court’ filing) by judges from 10 states who argue that the Court should not throw out the rescue funds provision in public financing programs for judicial elections. The provision provides for the [...]

By Bob Hall| 2011-03-01T19:40:52-05:00 March 1st, 2011|Link-of-the-Day|0 Comments