In 2008, Anton Moore founded DJs at the Polls in Philadelphia. He started this nonpartisan organization on the belief that voting and democracy are something to be celebrated and that DJs playing at polling places can increase voter turnout.
County boards of elections began sending out absentee ballots to those who requested to vote by mail on Tuesday, Sept. 24. So far, county boards have received over 207,600 absentee ballot requests.
Political observers are impressed by the Harris campaign’s efforts in North Carolina. “She’s got an even better infrastructure built into the ground than Barack Obama did in 2008,” said Catawba College politics professor Michael Bitzer.
Although Rep. Terence Everitt had initially planned to retire and spend more time with his family, he reconsidered when State Sen. Mary Wills Bode announced she wouldn’t seek re-election in one of the state’s few swing Senate districts.
State Sen. Michael Lee, who has no medical background or knowledge, has used his vote seven times to tell women that what they do with their bodies is his decision and not theirs. Candidate Dr. David Hill will stand up for a woman’s right to choose.
Lt. Col. James Mercer has spent his life serving the people of his community, his state and his country. Mercer is the Democratic candidate for North Carolina’s 11th Senate District.
For many university students, this election might be their first time at the polls. The question is: where do you vote? Should you head home, or change your voter registration to your college town? We’re here to break it down for you.
According to CNN, Mark Robinson posted on a porn forum years ago and referred to himself as a “black NAZI,” wrote “I wish they would bring [slavery] back,” and made disturbing sexual comments. But that hasn’t deterred Rep. Dan Bishop from continuing his support.
A routine list maintenance, conducted by staff of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, removed almost 750,000 ineligible registrants from the state voter rolls.
In the highly watched governor’s race, reproductive rights advocate Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein is up against Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who has openly declared that “there is no compromise on abortion.”