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Politicians’ fear: Too many votes

By Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

With Republican lawmakers throughout the land making “election integrity” a favorite cause and rallying cry, it likely was just a matter of time before some of their North Carolina counterparts got on board. Lo and behold, along came the sterling piece of legislative statesmanship known as Senate Bill 326, filed on March 18 and entitled […]

Politicians’ fear: Too many votes

by Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

With Republican lawmakers throughout the land making “election integrity” a favorite cause and rallying cry, it likely was just a matter of time before some of their North Carolina counterparts got on board. Lo and behold, along came the sterling piece of legislative statesmanship known as Senate Bill 326, filed on March 18 and entitled […]

‘For the People’ – or for whom?

By Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

When an ambitious bill designated as H.R. 1 was approved by the newly empowered Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives back on March 8, 2019, perhaps a fitting salute to the sponsors would have been “Bless their hearts!” The bill, earnestly nicknamed the “For the People Act,” aimed broadly to shore up Americans’ […]

‘For the People’ – or for whom?

by Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

When an ambitious bill designated as H.R. 1 was approved by the newly empowered Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives back on March 8, 2019, perhaps a fitting salute to the sponsors would have been “Bless their hearts!” The bill, earnestly nicknamed the “For the People Act,” aimed broadly to shore up Americans’ […]

Voters met the challenge. Now, ‘ID, please?’

By Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

As Americans soldier on amidst their ill-fated 2020 stress test, there is inspiration to be found. Our democracy’s guardrails as enshrined in the Constitution may have been battered by a self-aggrandizing president contemptuous of his oath of office. But voters mustered the strength even while a pandemic raged to give that president the hook. In […]

Voters met the challenge. Now, ‘ID, please?’

by Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

As Americans soldier on amidst their ill-fated 2020 stress test, there is inspiration to be found. Our democracy’s guardrails as enshrined in the Constitution may have been battered by a self-aggrandizing president contemptuous of his oath of office. But voters mustered the strength even while a pandemic raged to give that president the hook. In […]

Voter ID’s Rough Ride

By Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

The North Carolina General Assembly’s Republican majority is down to what looks to be its last-ditch defense of the voter ID law it rammed through at the tail end of 2018: Stop complaining because it could be worse! That was the thrust of the argument mounted by GOP legislative chiefs as they tried to fend […]

Voter ID’s Rough Ride

by Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

The North Carolina General Assembly’s Republican majority is down to what looks to be its last-ditch defense of the voter ID law it rammed through at the tail end of 2018: Stop complaining because it could be worse! That was the thrust of the argument mounted by GOP legislative chiefs as they tried to fend […]