Elections
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Here’s your chance to weigh in on NC’s new voter ID policy
The North Carolina Board of Elections (NCBOE) has opened a public comment period on two proposed rules for how the ID policy will be implemented and voters’ identities will be confirmed.
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North Carolina: The ‘most gerrymandered state in the country.’
NC Republicans drew election maps that cement their power in an evenly divided state. And they did it with “with greater audacity” than any effort in recent history, an analysis shows.
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NC Dems won some key local elections this week as 2024 looms
State Democrats won mayoral races in red districts, flipped party control of town councils, and overcame efforts from a Moms of Liberty-backed candidate who sought to take over local school boards.
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You need a photo ID to vote in NC. What happens if you don’t have one?
This year’s local elections will affect property tax rates, spending, rules for law enforcement and lots more. And like all elections, local elections are often decided by narrow margins. So every valid vote counts.
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10 things to know ahead of Election Day in North Carolina
This is the first November Election Day in which voters will need to show an approved Voter ID in order to have their ballot counted, so even old hands could use some reminders and guidance about the voting process.
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NC Republicans’ new gerrymandered maps could wipe out these Democrats
North Carolina Republicans voted this week to pass their own newly drawn state legislative and congressional maps, which will allow the party to maintain and even expand its extreme stranglehold on power in a state that President Biden narrowly lost by just under a point and a half. Republicans, who already have a supermajority in…
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NC Republicans propose ‘unfair’ new congressional maps to wipe out Democrats
Gov. Roy Cooper blasted the proposed maps as “gerrymandering on steroids” by Republicans who “have used race and political party to create districts that are historically discriminatory and unfair.”
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Riding With Kamala Harris: Inside the Biden Campaign’s Closing Arguments in Eastern NC
Why eastern NC, the place where I’m from, plays host to Kamala Harris’ final points on income inequality, healthcare, and racial injustice.
