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LOD: Inside the Monster Bill

Gov. Pat McCrory is expected to sign the monster anti-voting bill any day now. H-589 began in the state House as a photo ID bill but in the final days of the session, the state Senate rolled out a harsher version of the ID requirement, plus 40+ new provisions, including dozens that had never been discussed [...]

By Bob Hall| 2013-08-05T13:05:44-04:00 August 5th, 2013|Citizens United Case, Civic Engagement, Disclosure, Ethics, Judicial Elections, Link-of-the-Day, Lobbying, Media Feed & Press Releases, Money in Politics, Redistricting, Voter-Owned Elections, Voting Rights, Youth Vote|0 Comments

Statement on HB-589, the Anti-Voting Bill

Late Thursday night, the NC General Assembly passed an elections bill that it is breathtaking in scope and radical in purpose. It makes the most regressive and sweeping changes to the core parts of our state’s election process in decades. In 56 pages, this redefines and restricts who can vote, where, when and how and [...]

By admin| 2017-01-03T12:05:17-05:00 July 26th, 2013|Disclosure, Media Feed & Press Releases, Money in Politics, Our Issues, Pay to Play, Tales From The Frontline, Voter-Owned Elections, Voting Rights|7 Comments

Statement on Rewrite of ID Bill – Senate Rules Committee on H-589

From Bob Hall, Executive Director Democracy North Carolina Direct line: 919-489-1931 Regarding H-589 rewrite at: http://bit.ly/nc-anti-voting-bill The Senate leadership’s rewrite of H-589 is being taken up at 2 PM today in LOB Room 544. It is breathtaking in scope and radical in purpose. It makes the most sweeping changes to the core parts of our [...]

By admin| 2017-01-03T12:05:17-05:00 July 23rd, 2013|Media Feed & Press Releases, Our Issues, Voting Rights|2 Comments

LOD: Sweetheart Deal

In a remarkable sweetheart deal anchored with $1 million in campaign contributions, Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration yesterday agreed to settle a lawsuit against Duke Energy’s pollution of drinking water supplies in western North Carolina. Millions of tons of ash residue from Duke’s power plants have leaked contaminants into Mountain Island Lake near Charlotte and the [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:17-05:00 July 16th, 2013|Environmental Issues, Ethics, Link-of-the-Day, Media Feed & Press Releases, Money in Politics, Pay to Play|1 Comment

LOD: Supremely Disappointing

Here’s the National Journal's real world analysis of what today’s US Supreme Court decision means regarding the Voting Rights Act – plus one pro-Court overview and a video report from WRAL-TV. The Court’s 5-4 conservative majority did not rule directly on the constitutionality of Section 5’s requirement of preclearance. Section 5 says certain jurisdictions with a history of discrimination must get pre-approval [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:18-05:00 June 25th, 2013|Civic Engagement, Link-of-the-Day, Media Feed & Press Releases, Redistricting, Voting Rights|0 Comments

LOD: The Pope’s Intervention

Wow! Yesterday, Art Pope personally intervened to stop an amendment that would have saved the judicial public financing program from certain death. He came to the House Speaker’s office, pretending to act on behalf of the Governor in his role as McCrory's Budget Director. But the amendment had NO impact on the state budget. Pope [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:21-05:00 June 13th, 2013|Ethics, Judicial Elections, Link-of-the-Day, Media Feed & Press Releases, Money in Politics|0 Comments

LOD: New Elections Board

The new Republican-majority State Board of Elections took office today and quickly elected attorney Josh Howard as its chair. Partisan wrangling broke out over the selection of the new executive director to replace the 20-year veteran Gary Bartlett. Bartlett is nationally recognized for upgrading the state’s voting system, increasing professional management of county election offices, [...]

By Bob Hall| 2013-05-01T22:10:21-04:00 May 1st, 2013|Disclosure, Link-of-the-Day, Media Feed & Press Releases, Money in Politics, Pay to Play, Voting Rights|0 Comments

LOD: Look Under the Rug

On Monday morning, April 22, Democracy North Carolina’s executive director Bob Hall filed a formal request with the State Board of Elections to investigate possible illegal behavior related to campaign contributions by donors connected with the sweepstakes café industry. The call for investigation follows two research reports released by Democracy NC on March 18 and March [...]

By Bob Hall| 2013-04-25T22:11:41-04:00 April 25th, 2013|Disclosure, Ethics, Link-of-the-Day, Lobbying, Media Feed & Press Releases, Money in Politics, Pay to Play|0 Comments

LOD: Majority Favor ID Alternative

A survey by an independent polling firm adds new insights into how North Carolinians view a proposed photo ID requirement for voters. The poll by SurveyUSA indicates that 75% of NC voters favor a photo ID bill, but only a third think passing it should be a high priority. Also, 70% say a registered voter [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:22-05:00 April 17th, 2013|Civic Engagement, Link-of-the-Day, Media Feed & Press Releases, 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