RALEIGH – As North Carolina legislators continue their working groups in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and get ready for a legislative session, Common Cause NC encourages lawmakers to enact bipartisan solutions that can adequately prepare our state for the upcoming election.

다음은 다음의 성명입니다. Common Cause NC의 전무이사인 Bob Phillips:

“It’s encouraging to see an increased spirit of bipartisanship among the legislative working groups tasked with responding to the impact of COVID-19, and we hope that spirit will endure as the people of our state continue to face this crisis. In addition to addressing health, economic and educational challenges, our state must rise to the challenge of conducting free and fair elections amid the pandemic. We urge lawmakers to set aside partisan politics and work with our state’s election officials to ensure every eligible voter is able to safely and securely cast a ballot in this year’s election.”

In order to prepare for the upcoming elections amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Common Cause NC recommends:

• 부재자 우편투표를 보다 쉽게 접근 가능하게 만들기
• 우편투표 옵션에 대한 대중 홍보 확대
• ensuring free return mail postage on absentee ballot request forms and absentee ballots
• providing counties the resources to recruit more poll workers
• 가을 선거의 필요성을 반영하여 조기 투표 계획을 수립하고 이를 지원하기 위한 더 많은 기금을 카운티에 제공하는 유연성 제공
• 투표소가 적절하게 소독되도록 자원을 제공합니다.
• 이 기간 동안 원격으로 진행되는 모든 정부 회의가 노스캐롤라이나 주민들에게 완전히 공개되고 투명하게 진행되도록 보장합니다.

Common Cause NC는 미국 민주주의의 핵심 가치를 옹호하는 비당파적 대중 조직입니다.