Originally published in The Western Carolinian on Sept. 3, 2020. As election day comes upon us, it’s crunch time for voters to decide who they want to represent them. Voters need to know who aligns more with their standards and look past the soundbites they hear from news outlets, social media and attack ads. Candidate […]
Elections 2020: Democratic party & candidates for the primary
March 3, 2020 by
Ruth Dahl, Nate Hadley, Hannah Fink & Sara Stanley contributed to the profiles. Democratic Party Platform The Jackson County Democratic party’s mission is electing Democratic candidates to local, state and national offices that reflect the party’s values. Jackson county’s Democratic candidates reflect the national Democratic values with emphasis on certain issues such as living wages, the […]
Elections 2020: Republican party and candidates for primary
March 2, 2020 by
This story was co-written with Cameron Huffman, Kaitlyn Brown, Jonah Weston Republican Party Primaries Election day is rapidly approaching Jackson County. Before filling out a ballot, voters must become educated on the candidates running for office. Voters should know what their candidates stand for, what are their moral values and even their background information like where they […]
N.C law pushes Jackson county to update voting system
February 25, 2020 by
North Carolina General Assemble passed Session Law 2013-381 (HB 589), VIVA Election Reform, requiring all 100 counties to use a voting system that produces a paper ballot, ‘an individual paper document that bears marks made by the voter by hand or through electronic means.’ Prior to 2020, Jackson and the 34 other counties used Direct Record […]
Only 71 percent of the 2020 Iowa Caucus results are in
February 6, 2020 by
After almost a year of campaigning and seven debates, the first votes of the 2020 primary season were made Feb. 3 in Iowa. However, only 71 percent of the precincts have been released by the Iowa Democratic Party as of Tuesday evening, Feb. 4. Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg is ahead of Senator Bernie […]
WCU students on the 2020 Election
February 3, 2020 by
Story co-reported with Jessica Posa. Voting season is notorious for evoking strong public opinions, and twenty randomly selected Western Carolina University students proved no differently. Student responses were generally vague when asked what the 2020 elections meant to them. “To be honest not much, but I know that I should care,” WCU sophomore, Bryce Mitchell, […]
