by Thomas Mills | Mar 26, 2014 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Voting Rights |
Throughout the year, Republicans have been arguing that their new voting laws aren’t meant to disenfranchise anybody. They are just trying to prevent fraud. Unfortunately, their actions tell another story and it’s not pretty in a state that used voter...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 4, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Voting Rights |
Pat McCrory has had his hands full fighting with national newspapers that criticized his administration. First, he took on the New York Times and, last week, McCrory responded to a USA Today editorial to defend his signing the voter suppression law. Unfortunately, he...
by Matt Phillippi | Aug 28, 2013 | Features, Voting Rights
Civil rights leader Julian Bond said last week that North Carolina is the new Mississippi, in regards to the new voter ID law. Bond’s statement drives home once again the charge of racism that’s been leveled over and over at NC’s Republican Government. The...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 23, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Education, Voting Rights |
General Colin Powell, a Republican, came to North Carolina and said what most of the state and nation believes. “I want to see policies that encourage every American to vote, not make it more difficult to vote.” Then, he took down the GOP’s main...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 20, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NCGA, Voting Rights |
I saw my friend, former senator and long-time client, Ellie Kinnaird, on The Rachel Maddow Show last night. She resigned from the North Carolina senate to work to ensure everyone has a voter ID. Maddow implied that Ellie left the senate to protest GOP policies. There...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 19, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NCGOP, Voting Rights |
Republicans are taking a huge gamble. After a legislative session that left their approval ratings in the tank and managed to alienate everybody but their own true believers, the GOP is attempting to hold power by rigging the election process. If anybody had doubts...
