Every time we’ve allowed voter restrictions like the poll tax or literacy tests in North Carolina, we’ve seen one result: legal voters stripped of their dignity and the full rights of their citizenship, and turned away from the polling place.

Now, Republicans in the General Assembly have served up a voter suppression bill for our generation. They say it’s aimed at stopping fraud, but we’ve been here before. And the last time it took nearly a hundred years and the civil rights movement to put things right again.

The Voter ID Bill isn’t about fraud — it’s fiction. It’s an expensive, complicated solution to an imaginary problem.

This bill will keep a lot of good people who would never think about cheating their neighbors from voting. And those who want to game the system will just find another way to do it.

It’s up to us to stop this bill from becoming a law. Sign this petition and demand that the Voter ID Bill be stopped.

In just over 100 days in control of the General Assembly, the Republicans have passed legislation that targets working mothers by slashing subsidies for childcare. Republicans have laid off thousands of teachers and teaching assistants—the vast majority of whom were women. They have even reached into our lives to interfere with the private relationship between a woman and her physician.

Please watch the following video to learn more about the North Carolina GOP’s agenda to marginalize women in North Carolina.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0YDv6uRKpYg

Enough is enough.

We need your help to send a message to North Carolina Republicans to let them know that we will not tolerate their war on women. CLICK HERE to sign our petition so that Republicans in the General Assembly can hear your voice loud and clear.

Sincerely,

Representative Alma Adams (HD58 – Greensboro)

P.S. We need your help to stop the Republican attacks on the women of North Carolina. CLICK HERE and sign the petition to tell the Republicans that we will not let them turn back the clock on North Carolina’s women.

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Progress in North Carolina’s 3rd District

ECONOMY & JOBS

93,000 Number of jobs created or saved through October 2010 in North Carolina because of the Recovery Act

Source: Joint Economic Committee

SMALL BUSINESS

14,500Number of small businesses in North Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District eligible for health care tax credits under the Affordable Care Act

Source: House Commerce Committee

THE MIDDLE CLASS

259,000  Number of middle-class families in North Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District that received a tax cut through the Recovery Act

Source: House Ways and Means Committee

HEALTH CARE

4,100,000  Number of North Carolina residents with a pre-existing condition who could be denied coverage by insurance companies without the protections in the Affordable Care Act

Source: Department of Health and Human Services

EDUCATION

5,700  Number of education jobs saved in North Carolina because Democrats passed a deficit-neutral state-aid bill

Source: Deptartment of Education

ENERGY

64  Number of Department of Energy Recovery Act projects in North Carolina that will help secure o

Re-Elect

Judge Linda McGee

N.C. Court of Appeals

To My Fellow Citizens of Currituck County,

I am kicking off my statewide re-election campaign and I want my Currituck County friends and neighbors to be the first to know that I am running for

re-election as a Judge on the N.C. Court of Appeals — and I ask for your vote in 2012.

I have been honored to serve you on our Court of Appeals for more than 16 years and I am now the second most senior judge on the Court.  As the only Court of Appeals Judge from Northeastern North Carolina, I want to hear your campaign ideas and how you can support my re-election.  Please give me a call at 453-4470, e-mail me at jlmcgee@yahoo.com, or send me a note at P.O. Box 508, Corolla, NC 27927.

Thank you for your support of a fellow Currituck County citizen.

Judge Linda McGee

]]> http://currituckdemocrats.org/2011/10/16/re-elect-judge-linda-mcgee-nc-court-of-appeals/feed/ 0 http://currituckdemocrats.org/2011/08/15/north-carolina-democratic-party/ http://currituckdemocrats.org/2011/08/15/north-carolina-democratic-party/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:14:47 +0000 A Currituck Democrat http://currituckdemocrats.org/?p=539 Who we are

As the oldest continuous political party in the world, the Democratic Party has carried out its commitment to freedom, fairness, human rights, and responsible government for over 200 years. We pledge to continue this tradition.

We take pride in our Democratic heritage as a party of spiritual and patriotic values; a party of inclusiveness; a party of diversity; a party of compassion; a party of educational and economic opportunities; a party of social justice; and a party of responsible leadership.

The North Carolina Democratic Party fully supports the sanctity of the Bill of Rights and opposes any frivolous or malicious amendments to the Constitution.

We provide an avenue for the free and open expression of diverse ideas and opinions, including the right of every person to dissent, and shall work to promote government which is responsive to the legitimate needs, interests, and aspirations of every man, woman, and child in a manner which does not diminish human dignity or those fundamental rights, which are the birthright of all people of a free and democratic nation.

We, as North Carolina Democrats, seize this agenda, and vigilantly defend our historic Democratic heritage. We shall not abdicate our historic role as the Party of action and the Party of progress in this State. The lives and the livelihoods of the people of this State are our sacred trust. We must act decisively; we must act swiftly; we must act together.

NCDP Staff

Located in the historic Goodwin House in downtown Raleigh, the Democratic Party is the North Carolina affiliate of the national Democratic Party. Our team of experienced, talented professionals are dedicated to helping elect and support Democrats in local, state, and national offices. Our headquarters is located at 220 Hillsborough Street.

The main telephone number for the North Carolina Democratic Party is 919-821-2777.

Individual extension numbers are listed for each person