Congratulations to all those inside and outside the General Assembly whose combined work blocked the Republican attempt to override Gov. Perdue’s veto of the photo ID bill (H-351). But rather than accept defeat in a fair vote, the Republican Majority Paul Stam demonstrated his real commitment to the integrity of elections: He cast his vote [...]
Advocates for requiring voters to show a government photo ID are hitting a few more points in their closing arguments before a veto override vote expected this week. The arguments all fall short. First, they say, “Democrats in Rhode Island just adopted a photo ID law, why not do it here.” But the RI law [...]
Catawba College professor of politics and history Dr. Michael Blitzer has sorted through the data for the General Assembly districts proposed by the Republican majority. His conclusion: 90% of the seats are drawn with a decidedly partisan tilt, heavily toward the Republicans, nearly guaranteeing that party majority control of both legislative chambers for the next [...]
The Respect Our Vote Coalition held another demonstration outside the General Assembly this week, in blazing heat and high spirits. Browse these photos of the event and also this story from WRAL-TV, with a link to a video clip of Democracy NC organizer Shaunee Morgan, the super MC for the day. People from all over [...]
The different teams of Democracy North Carolina gathered on the sunny early afternoon of July the 13th to test our safety in numbers against the wrath of political economic power. It was the event of our rights! We began signing people in and just collecting in front of the government building while having speakers fire [...]
I brought my 13-year old daughter with me last Wednesday to Democracy NC's voting rights rally so she could balance way too many episodes of "Millionaire Matchmaker" and "Dawson's Creek" with a dose of real life. She got it in spades, too, when a man arriving for the counter-protest mounted by AFP was rude to [...]
The weeks have flown by and it seems crazy that we now find ourselves in week 7 of the internship. Eastern North Carolina has surely kept us busy. Our work week this week started with a block party on Sunday hosted by the SCLC. We set up a table to do voter registration at this [...]
Join Democracy North Carolina and others on Wednesday, July 13, in Raleigh at the Respect Our Vote Rally. Good speakers, good friends, good cause, and a good time to say No to partisan attacks on your voting rights. In addition to scheming to override Gov. Perdue’s veto of the photo ID bill, conservative lawmakers will [...]
Governor Bev Perdue stepped up to defend the voters of North Carolina today by vetoing H-351; that’s the Republican bill to require voters to show a government-issued photo ID each time they vote. For decades, North Carolina has been in the bottom third of the 50 states for voter turnout, often among the worse 10 [...]
Following up the LOD posting for Monday, here’s a statement from Democracy North Carolina about the partial maps of new legislative districts proposed by NC Republicans leaders - and also an action alert about how you can weigh in with a written statement or personal appearance at the public hearing tomorrow. After further research, it’s even clearer [...]