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Billy Ball Explains NC: College students vs. Republicans


College students in North Carolina are fighting back. They’ve filed a lawsuit against a Republican plan to deny polling places at three NC college campuses, including the largest historically Black college in America.

College students in North Carolina have filed a lawsuit against a Republican plan to deny polling places at three NC college campuses, including the largest historically Black college in America, Democracy Docket reported.
In a new Billy Ball Explains NC, we explain how this fits into a larger Republican plan to slash voter turnout and protect President Trump. For more on the GOP war on voting, watch this.
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  • Billy Ball is Cardinal & Pine’s senior newsletter editor. He’s covered local, state, and national politics, government, education, criminal justice, the environment, and immigration in North Carolina for almost two decades. His reporting and commentary have earned state, regional, and national awards. He’s also the founder of The Living South, a journalism project about the most interesting people in the American South.

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