Voting In State
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Op-ed: Mayland Community College should get student IDs approved for voting
With the reopening of the application period, Mayland Community College can rectify this situation by submitting an application to the NCSBE to have its student IDs approved as an acceptable voting ID within the published time frame.
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Citing an NC law’s racist roots, a federal judge blocks a provision criminalizing felony voting
The judge ruled that subsequent changes to the law had not diminished “its discriminatory taint,” and that it still disproportionately affected Black voters.
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Op-Ed: What if we aren’t as divided as they say? Someone is benefitting from polarization, and it’s not us.
We know we feel divided, but are we actually? There are many areas where Americans overwhelmingly agree. In the summer of 2020, Americans expressed such widespread consensus on racism’s pervasiveness that pollsters heralded it as one of the largest agreements in the history of polling.
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VIDEO: Rep. Don Davis Reflects on 109-Year-Old NC Voter Cassie Smith
With the State of the Union address tonight, Rep. Don Davis (D-NC) took a moment to talk about his special guest for the event — 109-year-old Cassie Smith of Battleboro, who Davis describes as a “living and walking symbol of our democracy.” Smith was one of the first residents in the state to cast a…
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Tuesday is Election Day. Here’s what you need to know
Here are some tips on voter ID, polling hours and what’s at stake in this election.
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VIDEO: What Do Gerrymandering and Abortion Bans Have in Common
The Republican-controlled General Assembly passed its 12-week abortion ban over the objections of nearly every medical association and a majority of North Carolinians, and they did it at night and with little chance for debate. They passed new election maps, which all but ensure they maintain a supermajority in a 50-50 political state, in a…
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VIDEO: Poor People’s Campaign Calls for Voter Mobilization to Transform Politics
WATCH: If poor and working-class people voted more often, politics would change for the better. That was the message Monday from civil rights leader William Barber II and the Poor People’s Campaign, a national economic justice group originally led by Martin Luther King Jr. The organization’s leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., Monday to talk about…
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Time’s running out to register to vote for NC’s primary elections. Here’s what to do.
Want a say in the nominees the major parties put up in November’s general election? You need to register by Feb. 9.
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VIDEO: Gerrymandering Threatens Abortion Rights. What Can Voters Do?
North Carolina Republicans redrew Congressman Wiley Nickel’s district so that he had no chance of winning re-election in 2024. That process is called gerrymandering. And its dangers are far greater than threatening individual political careers. By drawing districts that ensure Republican victories and Democratic losses, that means Congress and the North Carolina legislature are freer…
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VIDEO: Gerrymandering: Duke vs. UNC
Several voting rights groups and voters of color have sued North Carolina Republicans over their new election maps, which all but ensure Republicans stay in power no matter what voters want. This process is called gerrymandering. But what IS gerrymandering? If you like Duke vs. UNC basketball, Cardinal and Pine political correspondent Mike McElroy will…
