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President Joe Biden will deliver remarks in Atlanta on federal legislation to protect voting rights Tuesday afternoon. His speech comes as Senate…
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Virgil Bryson was a free Black man who helped register voters in Jackson County after the Civil War in 1868. He was threatened by the early version of the…
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Civil and voting rights groups Monday blasted election bills written by North Carolina Republicans and expected on the Senate floor this week, calling…
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Carol Anderson's book "One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy" is an extensive look at voter suppression methods past and…
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In July 2013, North Carolina lawmakers passed the Voter Information Verification Act – known more commonly as voter ID. It’s a controversial law that...
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The U.S. Supreme Court Monday struck down North Carolina's 1st and 12th congressional district lines drawn by state legislators in 2011. A three-judge...
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For the second time in a seven-day span, the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down an act of North Carolina's General Assembly. On May 15th, it was the...
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Updated at 11 a.m., May 22, 2017 State lawmakers were handed their latest legal defeat Monday, when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down two of the state...
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This week in state politics, a conversation about the "raise the age" bill, voter identification, and an audit detailing misuse of funds at the state's...
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Western Carolina University political scientist Dr. Chris Cooper is a frequent guest of Blue Ridge Public Radio. In his most recent visit, Cooper spoke…