In this final episode for the season Whee life team reflects on the significant stories published this semester. Max Poku-Kankam reports details on the developing story and the future of the WCU polling place. Halle Stanley return’s us to the No kings protest in Asheville earlier in the fall and what is going on with […]
Haire Institute brings scholar to celebrate the Voting Rights Act of 1965
October 26, 2025 by
Kevin Morris came to WCU to talk about the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act on Oct. 20 in the UC Theater, where over 90 students came to hear him. Morris is a senior research fellow and voting policy scholar with the Brennan Center for Justice’s Democracy Program at New York […]
That’s Politics: Unaffiliated Voters and Polarization
March 31, 2025 by
The largest voting block in North Carolina are the unaffiliated voters. They are one of the reasons why political science professor and expert on the North Carolina politics, Dr. Chris Cooper, says NC is a purple state even though in has been almost fully controlled by the Republican party. Listen to what Cooper says about […]
NC voting referendum passes
November 17, 2024 by
A referendum was on the ballot this year, altering the section of the North Carolina state constitution that defines who has the right to vote. The wording was altered to remove the word ‘naturalized’, stating that only US citizens over the age of 18 are allowed to vote. The result of the vote was 77.6 […]
2024 Elections and the impact of misinformation
November 11, 2024 by
Misinformation is always around us, spread by social media and word of mouth. In recent years, elections have received more misinformation about them, and this year’s focus is on illegal immigrants voting. Claims of illegal immigrants first circulated from a tweet made by Maria Bartiromo saying there were lines of illegal immigrants outside DMVs in […]
Macon County: What you need to know on how and where to vote.
October 10, 2024 by
Elections are starting soon, and for many residents in Macon County, this may be their first time voting. In 2022 local elections only 8,651 people voted in the county, but the local Board of Election predicts close to 20,000 people to vote this year. In the 2020 elections around 77% of the 27,162 registered voters […]
