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Buncombe County Board of Elections is hiring an Elections Coordinator to oversee and manage all aspects of absentee by mail…
Read MoreThe following is a special update from All On The Line NC (Friday, January 7, 2022): This week, January 3…
Read MoreAccording to a recent poll, 47% of North Carolinians already think the newly adopted gerrymandered maps are unfair. But a…
Read MoreThe GAP (Government Accountability Project) prepares regular reports on Asheville and Buncombe County government actions that have racial justice implications.…
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Call Burr & Tillis to Support the ‘Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act’
| Actions, CW Post | For the People Act, Freedom to Vote Act, Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, John Lewis Voting Rights Reauthorization Act, Voting Rights Act
On this Martin Luther King Day, we call on everyone to advocate for one of the most crucial pieces of voting rights legislation ever, the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act. Republican senators have persisted for months in opposition to both the Freedom to Vote Act (the current version of the For the People…
Read More Share Your Fair Maps Story
| Actions, State Watch | Gerrymandering, Redistricting
According to a recent poll, 47% of North Carolinians already think the newly adopted gerrymandered maps are unfair. But a lot of folks are still unsure. So this week we’re joining with All On the Line NC to collect stories from people about how they’re affected by the maps and why Fair Maps matter: Write…
Read More Drive Public Awareness of the Need for Fair Maps
| Actions, SW Post | Fair Maps, Gerrymandering, Redistricting
We are sharing this Action alert from All On the Line NC: Recent polling shows that a majority of North Carolinians – including Republicans – support efforts by the courts to ensure that maps are fair and constitutional. But the politicians who drew these gerrymandered maps are already spinning their own narrative in an effort…
Read More Call In or Show Up to Stand with Bojangles Workers
| Actions | Economic justice, Workers' Rights
The Racial Justice Coalition and Raise Up NC, North Carolina’s branch of the Fight for $15 and a Union, is reaching out to our community to participate in this timely and vital campaign centered on the Burnsville, NC Bojangles franchise.
Read More Ask Gov. Cooper to VETO Anti-Voter Bill S725
| Actions, SW Post | NCGA, Voting rights
Senate Bill 725, part of an insidious policy package aimed at eroding decades of voter freedoms, has finally reached Governor Cooper’s desk. This bill would undermine North Carolinians ability to safely cast their ballot, particularly in emergencies and PARTICULARLY in small and rural counties across the state. Thanks to your efforts, Gov. Cooper vetoed Senate Bill 326 this week. Will you ask him…
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