“Right now, legislative Republicans in North Carolina are pushing an all-out assault on the right to vote…” Gov. Roy Cooper said.
More than 400 people have attended the first five of the 19 scheduled town halls, with local state lawmakers invited to each town hall. No Republican lawmakers have attended the town halls, but seven Democrats have.
The twice-impeached disgraced former president was recently indicted for a fourth time in the last five months, bringing the total number of charges across all four cases to 91. Multiple North Carolinians are also facing charges.
One of North Carolina’s most grotesque politicians, U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop, an election-denying, anti-LGBTQ+, anti-reproductive rights, pro-insurrection right-wing Republican has announced that he is running for N.C. Attorney General.
“It looks like [Republicans’] vacations are more important than keeping rural hospitals open and making sure students have teachers and bus drivers,” said Jordan Monaghan, Gov. Roy Cooper’s spokesperson.
House Speaker Tim Moore told reporters that there’s support in the Republican House caucus for video lottery terminals.
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson called the latest Trump indictment – four counts for trying to steal the 2020 election – “a joke.”
The State Board of Elections announced that registered voters who do not have an acceptable identification card for voting can now go to their county board of elections office to get a free ID.
In a unanimous vote, the Pitt County Board of Elections sent state legislators a letter asking them to consider “unintended consequences” if they adopt new elections laws.
State Rep. Keith Kidwell, a right-wing extremist Republican representing Beaufort County, has thrown his hat into the ring to become the next North Carolina House Speaker.