by Thomas Mills | Jun 29, 2016 | Abortion, Editor's Blog, LGBT Rights, Voting Rights |
When the Supreme Court struck down the Texas law designed to shutter abortion clinics across the state, they also exposed the Orwellian deception that the current brand of Republicans uses to deny people’s rights. Texas Republicans said the bill was meant to protect...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 26, 2016 | Editor's Blog, Voting Rights |
The trial over voter ID is in full swing. Republicans say the law protects against voter fraud. Democrats say it’s designed to restrict voting. As for me, I’m not against voter ID on principle, but the law in North Carolina is clearly part of a larger strategy to rig...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 17, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, Voting Rights |
Back in December 2012, North Carolina had about 6,624,000 registered voters. Back then the state had about 9,750,000 or so. Today, it has over 10 million people but there are only 6,431,000 registered voters. Where the hell did all the voters go? We gained 250,000...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 7, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Voting Rights |
Gerrymandering districts in North Carolina is old hat. Democrats gerrymandered districts for years to ensure they kept majorities in the state House and Senate and Congress. Now, the GOP has virtually unassailable districts in a state that is evenly divided between...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 15, 2015 | Civil Rights, Editor's Blog, Voting Rights |
If the North Carolina Republican party is attacking William Barber, then William Barber is winning. Barber’s not on the ballot and he’s not an officer of the North Carolina Democratic Party. He’s head of the North Carolina NAACP, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 19, 2015 | Editor's Blog, Voting Rights |
Yesterday, the state House and Senate eased the rules on voter IDs, allowing voters without a photo ID to cast provisional ballots. Their votes would be validated if they could prove a hardship in obtaining or using an ID based on at least one of eight reasons laid...
