“Voting is absolutely fundamental to democracy, and democracy dies without participation,” said Betsy Swift, member of the local Indivisible’s organization. Indivisible Common Ground WNC is hosting Rock the Vote on Saturday, Sept. 14 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Sylva’s Bridge Park. This free event is promoting voting and voter registration in Jackson County, […]
Youth voters and voting affiliation at WCU
November 10, 2022 by
Story co-produced with Austin Ross and Abigail Quinn Unaffiliated voters are the largest voting bloc in North Carolina at 75% according to Blue Ridge Public Radio, making it a purple state. A poll taken of WCU students supports this conclusion and shows that a larger percentage of students are unaffiliated. Prior the midterm elections we […]
CPP: 11,000 incorrect voter registration forms sent to potential NC voters
October 8, 2020 by
Carolina Public Press published the story by Jordan Wilkie on Oct. 7 For at least the second time this year, advocacy groups trying to get more North Carolinians to vote sent invalid information to voters. On Tuesday morning, the N.C. State Board of Elections announced that a vendor mailed voter registration applications with “incorrect name, […]
