Stories tagged: "voting"


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The GOP Finally Got Their Wish, But Don’t Let That Stop You From Voting: Here’s What Counts As a NC Voter ID

North Carolinians now have to show a voter ID to vote, a requirement that multiple courts said was unconstitutional and targeted voters of color.

Sailor Jones, associate director of the pro-Democracy group Common Cause NC, speaks at a news conference outside the General Assembly on Wednesday. (Photo by Dylan Rhoney/Cardinal & Pine)
Op-Ed: Republican-Backed Bills Undercut Free and Fair Elections

Proposed legislation would cause thousands of valid ballots to be thrown out, a director of pro-democracy group Common Cause NC says.

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‘Power Grab’: New Republican Majority on NC Supreme Court Agrees to Rehear Voter ID and Redistricting Cases Decided in December

The two Democratic justices on the court disagreed with the majority’s decision, with Justice Anita Earls writing that rehearing the redistricting decision was a “power grab” and a “radical break with 205 years of history.”

FILE - Dennis Gaddy, the co-founder of Community Success Initiative is shown at the Raleigh, N.C. office on Dec. 18, 2019. Gaddy, 62, served time behind bars and said he was unable to vote for seven years after being released from prison because he was on probation. Community Success Initiative is a plaintiff in a voting rights lawsuit that was heard Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, by the North Carolina Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
56,000 North Carolinians Could Lose Their Voting Rights. Here’s How.

People on parole or probation after felony convictions—or those who've yet to pay their fines after a conviction—could lose their voting rights due to a case before the North Carolina Supreme Court.

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NC Republicans Ask State Supreme Court to Throw out Recent Rulings That Prevented Partisan Gerrymandering and Voter ID Laws

The GOP’s request for total control is not altogether surprising, as the courts have repeatedly found that North Carolina Republicans have gerrymandered and disenfranchised Black voters in the state with “almost surgical precision.”

Harini Krishnan, left, of California, and Ananya Karchru, right, of Connecticut, wait for results at an election-night gathering for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cheri Beasley at a hotel in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)
4 Things We Think About the North Carolina Election

It was a good night to be a Republican. But there are bright spots for the left-leaning North Carolinian.

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Quiz: What Type of Voter Are You?

Swing voter? Casual voter? Dedicated voter? Take our quiz to find out.