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 […]
GOP candidate for District 119, Mike Clampitt wants students not to vote on campus
October 27, 2020 by
In an email interview with WCJ, District 119 NC House candidate Mike Clampitt said that he would prefer that WCU students not vote in this district. Clampitt believes that most students should, in fact, vote where their parents live. According to Cory Vaillancourt, a reporter from Smoky Mountain News, Clampitt had advocated for a bill, after he […]
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, […]
To vote or not to vote; a look at the 2016 election and its impact on the 2020 election
April 22, 2020 by
The 2016 election was probably the most controversial presidential election in recent memory. Thousands of people lined up at voting stations across the country to place their vote for President of the United States. At the end of the election period, Donald Trump was pronounced President. For many, there was a celebration and for others […]
