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Strength in Numbers: Nonpartisan voting rights groups organizations confront mounting challenges
“Over the decades, we’ve worked to protect the freedom to vote for all North Carolinians, counter the corrosive influence of money in politics and demand transparency at every level of government,” Phillips says.
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Questions raised about speed and transparency of North Carolina abortion bill vote
"For a bill like this -- that affects nearly half of the state's population -- to rush a bill through this quickly, with no opportunity for amendments indicates hubris and a rejection of really the democratic process," said Ann Webb, a policy director at Common Cause North Carolina.
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In dangerous rush to subvert the democratic process, NC legislature recklessly abandons deliberation and keeps public in the dark on bill imposing new abortion restrictions
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North Carolina Supreme Court Issues Ruling Allowing Partisan Gerrymandering, Reversing Previous Decision
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Blatant Attack on Democracy’: NC Supreme Court Greenlights Partisan Gerrymandering
"This Supreme Court ruling will go down as one of the gravest assaults on democracy ever in North Carolina," Bob Phillips, executive director of Common Cause North Carolina
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North Carolina advocates share blueprint for a stronger democracy
“What is our ultimate goal? It should be to enhance and increase voter participation,” Phillips said. “It’s about helping people understand that these attacks on our democracy, particularly with regards to how the maps are drawn and what voting laws we have, are a danger to us all, not just a particular party.”
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Johnson C. Smith University hosts a nonpartisan forum to attract young voters
Facilitating the discussion was Rotrina Campbell, the civic engagement organizer for Common Cause North Carolina. She said the forum was designed as a nonpartisan conversation to hear different perspectives on democracy.
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Boosting Young Voters
Rotrina Campbell from Common Cause NC joined Queen City News Now to talk about the Tuesday night town hall event at Johnson C. Smith University focusing on getting college-age adults involved in voting.
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Common Cause files new brief in lawsuit seeking representation for North Carolina’s 2.6 million unaffiliated voters on State Board of Elections
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NC House Bill 17 could lead to gerrymandering State Board of Education districts
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GOP legislative leaders try to block lawsuit that would allow unaffiliated voters to serve on State Board of Elections
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Filing: Proceedings in NC Redistricting Case Do Not Change US Supreme Court’s Ability to Decide Moore v. Harper