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Young Voters Rally for Redistricting Reform at the N.C. Legislature

A coalition of young North Carolina voters from across the state rallied for redistricting reform Wednesday outside of the N.C. General Assembly. Click here to watch the "Fair Maps for a Fair Future" rally for redistricting reform.  The event, entitled "Fair Maps for a Fair Future," featured North Carolina college students and recent graduates who are participating in Democracy North Carolina’s summer [...]

By | 2017-06-28T12:01:15-04:00 June 28th, 2017|Home Slider, Media Feed & Press Releases, Redistricting, Tales From The Frontline, Voting Rights, Youth Vote|0 Comments
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Billboards About Sen. Ralph Hise Investigation Blocked

As the General Assembly considers major legislation (HB-581) to cut back regulation of the billboard industry, a nonprofit organization is criticizing two of the state’s largest billboard companies for “political favoritism and censorship.” Democracy North Carolina, a voting rights and campaign finance watchdog group, has been trying to post Both Lamar Outdoor Advertising and [...]

By | 2017-06-16T15:41:04-04:00 June 16th, 2017|Home Slider, Media Feed & Press Releases, Pay to Play|0 Comments
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Democracy NC Responds to SCOTUS Decision in Covington Redistricting Case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request by North Carolina lawmakers to review a case that struck down 2011 state legislative districts drawn as illegal racial gerrymanders. The Court also sent the case back to the lower court to determine whether elections should be held in 2017 as initially ordered. Voting rights group [...]

By | 2017-06-28T11:55:45-04:00 June 5th, 2017|Home Slider, Link-of-the-Day, Media Feed & Press Releases, Redistricting, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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Democracy NC Responds to Supreme Court Remand of Racial Gerrymandering Case

DURHAM, N.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court decided Tuesday to remand a racial gerrymandering case back to the N.C. Supreme Court per last week's Cooper v. Harris decision. Dickson v. Rucho is one of two racial gerrymandering cases that were left pending at the U.S. Supreme Court. Justices last week decided Cooper v. Harris,  affirming a lower court ruling finding North [...]

By | 2017-05-30T11:27:16-04:00 May 30th, 2017|Home Slider, Link-of-the-Day, Media Feed & Press Releases, Redistricting|0 Comments
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Democracy NC Celebrates Supreme Court’s Decision on Monster Law

This statement can be attributed to Democracy North Carolina Executive Director Bob Hall: Democracy North Carolina celebrates this victory that has been years in the making. Importantly, the evidence used to defeat the 2013 Monster Law came from an analysis of who previously used the provisions restricted by the law (such as same-day registration), as [...]

By | 2017-05-23T09:42:55-04:00 May 15th, 2017|Media Feed & Press Releases|0 Comments
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Report: Senate Elections Committee Chair Violates Disclosure Law

Senate Elections Committee Chair Violates Disclosure Law, Is Suspected of Excess Payments to Himself A voting rights group today is calling on State Sen. Ralph Hise, chair of the Senate Select Committee on Elections, to recuse himself from any further involvement with restructuring the State Board of Elections because he faces charges of violating campaign disclosure [...]

By | 2017-05-09T11:11:12-04:00 May 9th, 2017|Home Slider, Link-of-the-Day, Media Feed & Press Releases|0 Comments
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New Poll Supports Voters’ Call for Redistricting Reform

Trump Supporters, Black Voters Agree: District Maps are Rigged What’s one thing that Donald Trump supporters and African Americans in North Carolina agree on? By large majorities, according to a new poll, they think the way state legislators draw their political districts is unfair and too influenced by partisan politics. The poll, commissioned by the [...]

By | 2017-04-26T16:42:28-04:00 April 26th, 2017|Home Slider, Link-of-the-Day, Media Feed & Press Releases, Redistricting, Tales From The Frontline, Voting Rights|0 Comments
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Democracy NC Calls for Criminal Investigation of McCrory Conspiracy Against NC Voters

RALEIGH, N.C. (4/18/2017) – Voting rights group Democracy North Carolina released a report today providing a first, county-by-county look at the human cost of hundreds of false voter fraud allegations leveled by the 2016 reelection campaign of former North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory. The report entitled The Deceit of Voter Fraud is a product of [...]

By | 2017-05-02T12:53:35-04:00 April 18th, 2017|Home Slider, Link-of-the-Day, Media Feed & Press Releases, Voting Rights|0 Comments
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Voters Accused of Fraud Share Stories of Shock & Anger, Push State Elections Board for Changes

Voters in 16 North Carolina counties who were falsely accused of voter fraud by Gov. Pat McCrory’s 2016 reelection campaign are sharing their stories of shock and outrage with the State Board of Elections and calling on the agency to change the process that allowed charges to be filed against them without any evidence of [...]

By | 2017-03-16T08:31:34-04:00 March 16th, 2017|Home Slider, Link-of-the-Day, Media Feed & Press Releases, Tales From The Frontline, Voting Rights|0 Comments
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