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19404
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The article reviews proposed legislative changes to voters' rights and voting procedures in upcoming elections. Debated measures include reducing early voting window from two to just one weeks and requiring further voter identification to present when voters' attempt to cast their vote.
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The 2012 Election Day is November 6th but early voting opened on October 18th. Voters continued to be encouraged by political activists to vote early and avoid any problems on the actual Election Day. Energetic volunteers make early voting possible and, as reported on September 30th, 266 volunteers in 60 counties have participated.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 42, Oct 2012,
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20671
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Governor McCrory and the Republican governing body in the state refused to cooperate with Obamacare, otherwise known as the Affordable Care Act. The author examines the state government's decision based on the Governor's biased advisors. He also discusses implications of failing to cooperate with Obamacare and how it will potentially cost the state money and jobs.
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Willietta Dukes, of Durham, was one of thousands celebrating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington in the capital. She returned to her low-wage job at Burger King on West Club Boulevard where she earns just $7.85 an hour. She and many other fast-food workers are planning a nation-wide protest of stepping off the job for a day to draw attention to the country's problem of low-income jobs. The rally is called \"Strike Day' and is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. August 29th at the Martin Street Baptist Church in Raleigh.
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Triangle-native Tracy Hollister is campaigning nation-wide against laws banning same-sex marriage. Since last year's Amendment One vote in North Carolina, Tracy has been reaching out to other states where the right for same-sex couples to marry has been on ballots. She founded Marriage Equality USA last fall, and has involved her organization in marriage equality campaigns in Maryland, Maine, Minnesota, Washington, and New York to promote Federal adoption of same-sex marriage.
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Ruffin Hall is the new city manager of Raleigh. He plans to overhaul the city's transportation plan. The author reviews the political impediments to Hall and city Mayor Nancy McFarlane's plans to modernize Raleigh's transit system.
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Three Apex City Council seats will be filled after the November 5th election in Wake County. The two Democratic candidates, Jennifer Ferrel and Nicole Dozier, are introduced to readers and the author looks at these local elections to predict state-wide elections and replacing the Republican dominated legislature.
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21695
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Geary examines Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane's vision for the city, including Dix Park and mass transit.
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Greg Brannon, a Cary obstetrician, is one of five candidates running in the Republican primary to be the alternative to the establishment candidate, Thom Tillis. He is the choice of the Tea Party to run against the incumbent Senator Kay Hagen. In the words of the Tea Party, they \"don't want to replace Hagen with a progressive Republican like Thom Tillis. What difference would that make?\"
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\"In June, policy analysts at the RAND Corporation determined that the 14 states that turned down Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act were making a giant mistake. The 14, RAND said, would lose $8.4 billion a year in federal funds while denying 3.6 million of their residents--the working poor--a chance to obtain affordable health insurance.\" The KAISER Corporation estimated that accepting the money would create 37,000 new health care jobs in NC. However, Governor Pat McCrory turned down the money. Among those who advised it was Dr. Aldona Woos, Secretary of NCDHW. The state's taxpayers will now be saddled with the payment of the lost billions. Meanwhile, WRAL-TV in Raleigh reported that Woos had handed out $1.7 million in pay raises to 280 staffers, many with \"no career of educational experience for the jobs they hold.\"
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House Bill 589 is \"the most restrictive set of voting requirements passed by any state since the civil rights era.\" Reducing early voting time, ending same-day registration, and disallowing most provisional ballots are among some of its features. The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against North Carolina and Republican Governor Pat McCrory because it violates the 14th Amendment and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Geary states that the job of the NC Attorney General, in this case Roy Cooper, is to represent the people of NC and to defend the Constitution of the United States. He feels that Cooper should go into court and \"declare, in his legal opinion, that the law violates the US Constitution and should be struck down.\"
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Geary states \"as we're all now aware of our Governor, facts are not central to his narratives.\" He then lists the many falsehoods told by the Governor in 2013 and their toll on jobs in the state.
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Geary says he considered two candidates for person of the year in North Carolina. He explains why he chose Rev. William Barber, leader of the Moral Monday Movement.
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Republicans in Raleigh allow the legalization of sweepstakes gambling dens, an industry that preys on the poor.
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Kay Crowder takes over as a member of the Raleigh City Council after her husband lost his battle with cancer.
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