LOD: Guides to Voting, Anti-Voting

The NC Center for Voter Education has produced a handy, on-line voter guide for local elections in more than three dozen cities. If you live in Chapel Hill or Mint Hill, Waynesville or Morrisville, Raleigh, Concord, Durham or Greenville, etc., you can see what the candidates for city council and other offices are saying about critical issues in your community. You can also learn the schedule for Early Voting and get links to find out where you vote. A powerful resource to help you be more powerful!  Meanwhile, the Brennan Center for Justice has released a comprehensive guide to voter suppression efforts across the nation in 2011. The net result: new laws so far in 14 states that will seriously restrict voting opportunities affecting at least five million voters and the outcome of the 2012 elections in states with nearly two-thirds of the country’s Electoral College votes. A report on the status of North Carolina voter suppression legislation is on the Democracy North Carolina website.