Opinion
Two changes needed to voting rights in the North Carolina Constitution
Legislators attempted to remove the literacy test from the constitution, but voters rejected its removal in 1970.
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Opinion
Scheme to strip Supreme Court of jurisdiction would be an attack on our democracy
On Monday, I came across something in the Raleigh News & Observer that read like a letter to the editor from the angry uncle you try to avoid talking with at family reunions. But then I realized it was just Gene Nichol. Nichol, a law professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, was irate about last week’s U.S....
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Opinion
New organization trains volunteers to make elections more secure
Even if you believe that all is well with voting machines in North Carolina and how the North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) handles election data, our election systems are only as secure as the people running them allow them to be. That is why election observers and other volunteers are vital to ensuring...
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The 1st Congressional District gives voters a series of real, important choices
I envy the folks in the 1st Congressional District. Living as I do in the 2nd District in Wake County, I am represented by a well-entrenched incumbent Democrat. But it does not matter that she is an incumbent. The district is so heavily tilted towards the Democrats that a Republican can’t win here. That is not...
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