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Consumer Finance Bill Linked to Campaign Donations

For Release Thursday, May 26, 2011 Contact: Bob Hall, 919-489-1931 Legislation to Increase Charges on Small Loans Follows Surge in Contributions from Consumer Finance Industry A campaign finance watchdog organization is raising questions about whether an unusual pattern of contributions given by donors in the consumer loan business is connected to a bill now moving [...]

By gabe@democracy-nc.org| 2017-01-03T12:05:39-05:00 May 31st, 2011|Ethics, Media Feed & Press Releases, Money in Politics|4 Comments

Bill Sponsors Top Recipients of Blue Cross Contributions

NC House bill would give insurance companies and other special interests control over healthcare reform implementation The NC House Insurance Committee has taken up a controversial bill (H-115) that gives insurance companies a large role in overseeing how consumers will be able to buy "affordable" insurance coverage through a state-level “health benefits exchange” to be [...]

By gabe@democracy-nc.org| 2017-01-03T12:05:40-05:00 April 20th, 2011|Media Feed & Press Releases, Money in Politics|1 Comment

JCSU Students To Rally March 21st

JCSU Students Plan March 21 Rally To Voice Concerns Over Threat To Voting Rights Rally to be held on Monday, March 21st starting at 11:00 AM on the steps of Biddle Memorial Hall on the Johnson C. Smith campus. Student and community leaders, Johnson C. Smith President Dr. Ronald Carter and NC District 40 Senator [...]

By gabe@democracy-nc.org| 2017-01-03T12:05:41-05:00 March 18th, 2011|Civic Engagement, Media Feed & Press Releases, Voting Rights, Youth Vote|0 Comments

House Bill 351: Bad Law In Motion

House Bill 351 was introduced in the NC General Assembly yesterday requiring NC voters to present government-issued photo ID each time they vote. Our research shows that this bill could negatively affect more than 460,000 active voters statewide who lack a government-issued photo ID, primarily seniors, women, college students and African-American voters. Worse, as our [...]

By gabe@democracy-nc.org| 2017-01-03T12:05:41-05:00 March 15th, 2011|Media Feed & Press Releases, Voting Rights|2 Comments

Active Voters Without A Photo ID:

For additional information, contact Bob Hall, Democracy North Carolina, 919-489-1931 Data Highlight: Who Are the Active Voters Without A Photo ID? Who are the voters most likely to face barriers by a proposal to require voters to show a government-issued photo ID each time they vote? In early February, the State Board of Elections matched its database [...]

By gabe@democracy-nc.org| 2017-01-03T12:05:41-05:00 March 9th, 2011|Civic Engagement, Get Out the Vote, Media Feed & Press Releases, Voting Rights, Youth Vote|6 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

Vacation Island Donors Give $2 Million, Push for Jetties

For Release Wednesday, March 2, 2011 Contact: Bob Hall, 919-489-1931 Bill Sponsor Received $22,500 in 2010 As the legislature debates a controversial bill to allow construction of “terminal groins” along North Carolina’s beaches, a new study reveals that the bill’s chief sponsor and other state lawmakers have received $2 million in campaign donations from a [...]

By gabe@democracy-nc.org| 2011-03-03T11:13:01-05:00 March 3rd, 2011|Ethics, Media Feed & Press Releases, Money in Politics|0 Comments

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

Misleading Polls from the Pope Civitas Institute

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 3, 2011 FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Bob Hall at (919) 489-1931 Data Highlight: Misleading Polls from the Pope Civitas Institute The John W. Pope Civitas Institute is publicizing a new opinion poll designed to bring attention to their perspective on key issues, in this case election-related policies [see notes 1 and [...]

By gabe@democracy-nc.org| 2017-01-03T12:05:42-05:00 February 3rd, 2011|Media Feed & Press Releases|0 Comments

Voter ID – 1/11/11

The Pope Civitas Institute is trumpeting a poll designed to help Republican lawmakers who want NC voters to show a government-issued photo ID each time they vote (except, oddly, for when they vote through the mail). The Pope Civitas poll says 83% of voters would approve a government ID requirement. And it claims that 99% [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:42-05:00 January 11th, 2011|Civic Engagement, Link-of-the-Day, Media Feed & Press Releases, Voting Rights|12 Comments

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