icymi Mar 11, 2020: ICYMI This Week THANK YOU to everyone who helped us meet our fundraising goal! Thanks to you, we expect to be able to fully fund our fall election postcard blasts to help get out the vote for Democratic candidates. Forward to November! Democracy NC just put out
icymi Feb 26, 2020: ICYMI This Week WE NEED YOUR HELP! PLEASE CONTRIBUTE TO "KEEP THE LIGHTS ON" THRU 11/3/2020! Don't need the details? Contribute here. Need the details? Find them here. THANKS for giving what you can and sharing! IT'S TIME!! Absentee voting by mail is underway, ballot
icymi Feb 19, 2020: ICYMI This Week Absentee voting by mail is underway, ballot request deadline is Feb 25. Details here. It's time!! Early voting is underway and ends on Feb 29. VOTER ID IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THE MARCH 2020 ELECTION! Make your plan to vote NOW! Check out Patti's
icymi Jan 22, 2020: ICYMI This Week WE NEED YOUR HELP! PLEASE CONTRIBUTE TO "KEEP THE LIGHTS ON" THRU 11/3/2020! Don't need the details? Contribute here. Need the details? Find them here. THANKS for giving what you can and sharing! Absentee voting by mail has started, ballot request deadline
icymi Jan 15, 2020: ICYMI This Week WE NEED YOUR HELP! PLEASE CONTRIBUTE TO "KEEP THE LIGHTS ON" THRU 11/3/2020! Don't need the details? Contribute here. Need the details? Find them here. THANKS for giving what you can and sharing! Thurs, Jan 23, 6:30pm, Chapel Hill Public Library,
2020 elections Aug 29, 2019: The Real Story on REAL ID There's already a lot of misinformation circulating about the 2020 elections, some of it probably from trolls and some from uninformed and well-intentioned people. One of the most harmful lies/misunderstandings is that a REAL ID will be needed to vote in NC. The
nc-09 Jul 24, 2019: ICYMI This Week Help Get Out the Progressive Vote - it's even more important after the recent Supreme Court ruling refusing to intervene in partisan gerrymandering! Stamp NC Blue (SNCB) is looking for dedicated volunteers to support our postcard campaign to get out the vote leading up
icymi May 8, 2019: ICYMI This Week CALL TO ACTION: This week the NCGA voted to pass the Death by Distribution bill. This bill aims to punish drug dealers who supply drugs that lead to a death by overdose. What it would actually do is 1) increase overdose deaths by making
icymi Apr 17, 2019: ICYMI This Week ACTION ALERT: Both chambers have passed SB359, the so-called “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act". It now goes to Governor Cooper. This bill is unnecessary and redundant (laws already exist to criminalize killing a living infant, whether by force or neglect) and only gives Republicans
icymi Apr 10, 2019: ICYMI This Week UPCOMING EVENTS: Join us for a Day of Action May 1, 2019. 700 S. Salisbury St. Raleigh. 9am - 5pm. One-stop early voting in the special primary election for NC-03-- that's the late Senator Walter Jones' district-- is from April 10-26. The election is
icymi Mar 20, 2019: ICYMI This Week On March 26th, Common Cause will go before the US Supreme Court and argue that partisan gerrymandering is unconstitutional. Stand with them in Raleigh! Details here. The candidate filing period for the new NC-09 election is over, and we're looking at a field of
voter ID March 14, 2019: What's up with voter photo IDs? Remember that voter photo ID constitutional amendment that voters supported without knowing exactly what it would entail? Then... the NCGA passed the "implementing language" during a lame duck session in November before they lost their supermajority. It says the new voter photo
icymi Mar 6, 2019: ICYMI This Week The NC Board of Elections is seeking public comment on 2 proposed rules regarding the implementation of the voter ID law until March 15th. Read the (short) text of the rules here, and provide your feedback here. For other upcoming events, check the top
voter ID Dec 21, 2018: One more thing (or maybe two)... You Can Vote is working with community partners to plan educational forums on new voting requirements and how to communicate these with voters. They launch in Durham on February 23rd and will host a Raleigh forum the following weekend before they move out across
ncga Dec 20, 2018: The Lame Duck Marches On You Can Vote is working with community partners to plan educational forums on new voting requirements and how to communicate these with voters. They launch in Durham on February 23rd and will host a Raleigh forum the following weekend before they move out across
voter ID Dec 18, 2018: Waiting on vetoes & veto overrides, NC-9 flip-flop It's not too late to join us! Tuesdays with Tillis is marking its 100th consecutive Tuesday of rallying outside Senator Tillis's Raleigh office on Dec 18 at 11:30am. The theme for that day is protecting the freedom of the press, with Aylett Colston,
voter ID Dec 17, 2018: Governor Cooper Vetoes Voter ID Tuesdays with Tillis is marking its 100th consecutive Tuesday of rallying outside Senator Tillis's Raleigh office on Dec 18 at 11:30am. The theme for that day is protecting the freedom of the press, with Aylett Colston, Chuck Tryon, and Faisal Khan speaking. Come
voter ID Dec 7, 2018: Voter ID is law, NC 9 is a hot mess, & they're not done yet Today's headline good news is that Speaker Moore said the NCGA probably won't meet to vote on anything on Friday or Monday because of the predicted snowstorm. Kinda' sad when a predicted snowstorm makes us breath a sigh of relief... On to today's update!
voter ID Dec 6, 2018: The saga continues You can tell that's an opera house-ified image of the NCGA, right? You'd have to be on at least a dozen Twitter feeds constantly to keep up with what's happening this week. This doubtless will be out of date by the time you read
icymi Dec 5, 2018: ICYMI This Week At this point, I could almost buy controlling stock in a couple companies that make calming blends of tea. gif (c) TumblrMake sure to check out yesterday's post if you aren't already current; par for the course with the NCGA, they are moving at
election fraud Dec 4, 2018: Today in the banana republic Voter Photo ID update: The House Elections and Ethics Law Committee began discussion of their version of the bill on Monday night, it is identical to the one passed by the Senate so far. The committee will resume discussion on Tuesday at 11am (room
2018 elections Dec 3, 2018: Today at the NCGA (and around NC) First to mention, the House Elections and Ethics Law Committee meeting will hear voter ID, Monday, Dec 3 at 5pm, LOB, 300 N Salisbury, Rm 643. There's a press conference before that, 3pm, in front of the NCGA, to demand free and fair elections.
voter ID Nov 30, 2018: Today at the NCGA Let's start with good news (for the moment, anyway): Thomas Farr's nomination for NC's Eastern Judicial District has been blocked by Sen. Tim Scott's statement of opposition. I say for the moment because we know another Republican will take the seat eventually, but we
voter ID Nov 29, 2018: Today at the NCGA If you tuned in to the NC Senate today, you could be forgiven for scheduling a visit to your chiropractor for whiplash tomorrow. Despite Sen. Berger and Rep. Moore's statement about "not rushing" the implementation language on the voter ID constitutional amendment,
icymi Nov 28, 2018: ICYMI this week (and last week) Upcoming Events: Sun, Dec 2, 3:00pm, League of Women Voters of North Carolina, webinar to discuss results and impact of the 2018 election and review League successes and challenges in 2018 and beyond, open to ALL League members & supporters. I hope everyone