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Democracy NC Announces Retirement of Longtime Executive Director

DURHAM, N.C. — Longtime Democracy North Carolina Executive Director Bob Hall has announced that he will retire next spring. Plans for the leadership change, quietly underway for over a year, were announced this morning in an email to the organization’s more than 70,000 supporters. For the past 25 years, Hall has directed the organization’s campaigns [...]

By | 2017-01-27T08:56:38-05:00 December 5th, 2016|Link-of-the-Day, Media Feed & Press Releases, Tales From The Frontline, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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Wake County Superior Court Refuses to Keep Durham County Polls Open Despite Delays and Glitches

State Board of Elections has extended voting hours in eight precincts  RALEIGH, N.C. - Wake County Superior Court Judge Don Stephens denied a request to extend voting hours in Durham County, N.C. The request was brought by the Southern Coalition for Social Justice and Democracy North Carolina after computer glitches earlier in the day led to [...]

By | 2017-01-27T08:47:56-05:00 November 8th, 2016|Home Slider, Link-of-the-Day, Media Feed & Press Releases, Tales From The Frontline, Voting Rights|0 Comments
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Democracy NC Responds to Firebombing of NC GOP Office

DURHAM — Statewide voting rights organization Democracy North Carolina released the following statement on the weekend firebombing and vandalism of an Orange County Republican Party office. The following statement can be attributed to Democracy North Carolina Executive Director Bob Hall. "As a nonpartisan organization dedicated to access, fairness and participation in our democracy, we are [...]

By | 2017-01-27T08:47:04-05:00 October 16th, 2016|Ethics, Link-of-the-Day, Media Feed & Press Releases, Tales From The Frontline, Voting Rights|0 Comments
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Democracy NC: State Board meeting an “overall victory” for North Carolina voters

Democracy NC Statement on State Board of Elections Approvals of Early Voting Plans Voting Rights group calls yesterday's meeting an “overall victory” for North Carolina voters. RALEIGH, N.C. — Yesterday, in a 12-hour marathon meeting, the N.C. State Board of Elections resolved the contested Early Voting plans from 33 of the state’s 100 counties. In [...]

By | 2017-01-27T08:45:21-05:00 September 9th, 2016|Home Slider, Link-of-the-Day, Media Feed & Press Releases, Tales From The Frontline, Voting Rights|0 Comments
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Democracy NC Calls for “All Hands on Deck” After SCOTUS Denies Stay of Voting Law

DEMOCRACY NC STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT’S DENIAL OF STAY OF NC VOTING LAW WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court refused a request by the state of North Carolina to temporarily block part of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling striking down North Carolina's restrictive 2013 voting law. With today’s decision, a federal appeals court’s [...]

By | 2017-01-27T08:44:02-05:00 August 31st, 2016|Home Slider, Link-of-the-Day, Media Feed & Press Releases, Tales From The Frontline, Uncategorized, Voter-Owned Elections, Voting Rights, Youth Vote|0 Comments
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Democracy NC: Ruling Overturning Gerrymandered Legislative Districts a “Tremendous Victory”

A three-judge panel ruled Thursday afternoon that North Carolina legislators unconstitutionally used race when they drew legislative boundaries for state House and Senate members. The ruling, which overturned 28 N.C. House and Senate districts, is the latest federal ruling tossing district lines drawn by lawmakers. Statewide voting rights organization Democracy North Carolina applauded the ruling, calling [...]

By | 2017-01-27T08:40:36-05:00 August 11th, 2016|Home Slider, Link-of-the-Day, Media Feed & Press Releases, Tales From The Frontline, Voting Rights|0 Comments
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Democracy NC Highlights Need for Strong Early Voting Plans: 73,500 Extra Hours – More Voters, Needing More Time to Vote

Raleigh, N.C. – New figures released today during a Democracy North Carolina press conference show that North Carolina voters will need more time to cast ballots this fall, and they’ll face longer lines at the polls if action is not taken in the next 10 days by county and state officials. Democracy North Carolina, a [...]

By | 2017-01-27T08:39:42-05:00 August 10th, 2016|Home Slider, Link-of-the-Day, Media Feed & Press Releases, Tales From The Frontline, Voting Rights|0 Comments
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Democracy NC: March Primary Signals Big Problems for NC Voters

Statewide Voting Rights Organization Reveals Negative Impact of New Photo ID Law Raleigh, N.C. (May 26, 2016) – Democracy North Carolina released key findings from the March 2016 Primary on Thursday, providing mounting evidence that North Carolina’s 2013 voting law is having a negative impact on North Carolina voters. The research was included as part [...]

By | 2017-01-03T12:05:15-05:00 May 26th, 2016|Home Slider, Media Feed & Press Releases, Voting Rights, Youth Vote|0 Comments
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Millionaires, Corporations, Lobbyists and General Assembly Elites Get New Power

Statement from Bob Hall, Executive Director, Democracy North Carolina, September 25, 2015 The bill that changes the date of the 2016 primary election includes an unrelated, terrible section that will greatly expand pay-to-play politics in North Carolina. This last-minute addition allows the top four legislative leaders to create political slush funds that can receive unlimited donations [...]

By | 2017-01-03T12:05:15-05:00 September 25th, 2015|Link-of-the-Day, Lobbying, Media Feed & Press Releases, Money in Politics, Pay to Play|0 Comments
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