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JCSU Students Host Early Voting Block Party
To celebrate the first day of early voting Thursday, the University hosted a block party at the TNT Hair Solutions on Beatties Ford Road in West Charlotte. The block party was hosted by Common Cause North Carolina, the New North Carolina Project, the North Carolina Black Alliance, Black Voters Matter and Johnson C. Smith University.
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North Carolina A&T students influence peers to get out and vote
"I think it's important for people of color to get out and vote because for a very long time our voices weren't being heard," Thaddeus Stewart said. Stewart is part of Common Cause North Carolina, a non partisan group that works to empower North Carolina students at HBCU's to vote.
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Partnership helps NC HBCU students make their voices heard this election
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Town Hall tonight to discuss gerrymandered state congressional maps
A non-partisan town hall will be held as part of the #MapOurFuture tour that was galvanized by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to take up Moore v. Harper.
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Voting rights groups seek to rally public opinion on potentially momentous NC gerrymandering case
Republican lawmakers have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to end state court oversight of federal elections and pro-democracy advocates are pushing back.
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Experts Warn Supreme Court Supporting ‘Dangerous’ GOP Legal Theory Could Destroy US Democracy
Independent state legislative theory—a formerly fringe right-wing notion that state lawmakers alone can regulate federal elections—will be tested in the U.S. Supreme Court in the coming months.
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Four Members of North Carolina’s Congressional Delegation Earn Near-Perfect Scores in 2022 Democracy Scorecard
Common Cause's 2022 “Democracy Scorecard” found growing support in Congress for democracy reform.
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Top state judges across US oppose NC lawmakers in Supreme Court
A group representing the chief justices in all 50 states filed a brief this week opposing the legal arguments made by Republican state lawmakers in an upcoming US Supreme Court case.
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Unaffiliated voter fighting for representation on a state level
Earlier this year, for the first time, more voters chose to be unaffiliated than register as a Democrat or Republican. One of those unaffiliated voters is Tyler Daye.
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Unaffiliated voters sue North Carolina lawmakers for seat on Board of Elections
Several unaffiliated voters filed a lawsuit looking to change who is allowed on the NC State Board of Elections.
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Common Cause & NC residents file lawsuit to let unaffiliated voters serve on State Board of Elections
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North Carolina unaffiliated voters sue over elections board appointment requirements
The voters say people who aren't registered as a Democrat or Republican should be allowed to serve on the state board that administers elections in the state.