Democracy & Open Government
It’s about to get a lot harder to vote in Orange County, at least for some of us.
The Republican majority in the General Assembly clearly feels that the racist, anti-woman, anti-urban, and very anti-liberal redistricting which took place last year didn’t do enough to solidify their entrenched majority. Now they’re hard at work systematically disenfranchising people who are unlikely to vote for them. Stringent voter identification requirements, shortened early voting, and other impediments to voting have been proposed in the General Assembly and are all likely to pass.
But of particular note to us in Orange County is the aptly-numbered Senate Bill 666. The most significant change in SB 666 isn’t in chapter 163 which governs elections; rather, it’s a change to the tax code:
Ever thought about what
you're going to do after graduation? What will your democratic activist
look like after College Democrats? Join College Democrats of America
for a discussion with former College Democrat chapter president turned
Town Council member in Chapel Hill, NC.
Lee Storrow graduated
in May 2011 and was elected to Chapel Hill Town Council in November
2011. He is currently the managing director of a statewide non-profit
in North Carolina in addition to active in local, state, and national politics and non-profit work. For more information on Lee, check out CDA's most recent #CDALeads blog on him: http://collegedems.com/blog/2013/03/cdaleads-from-collegedems-to-town-council
Lee will discuss his path to public service, obstacles faced, and
advice for current College Democrats looking to break into public
service or non-profit leadership post-graduation.
Join us Thursday, March 14th at 10pm EST! We will be using Google + Hangout to run the webinar. RSVP below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1nt4B3VOJRBu-w5vaPUQ99xdIKM3iVDE9bo9lOurZABE/viewform Date:
Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 9:00pm
We have an amazing opportunity in Carrboro over the next 18 months. When as many as six positions on the Board of Aldermen could be up for grabs. Beginning with the Special Election on March 19.
If anyone, including your preferences, truly wants to serve, they will have more than ample opportunity. So, let’s use these series of Elections to do more than just engage in Carrboro politics as usual.
Let’s use these next 18 months to encourage the widest, broadest and deepest conversation possible about the state of our town, and the direction in which it is heading.
In that regard, I have a challenge to all those who make up the political establishment in Carrboro. Stand back. Let the people have that conversation. Without imposition by you. Let them make their own choices. Without direction from you.
Do not nominate, do not endorse, do not lobby, do not campaign. Do not close ranks to anoint an heir. Rather, step back. And encourage as many different people as possible, with as many different views as possible, to nominate themselves as candidates. And then campaign, only for themselves.
Any thoughts about what we should do?
Date:
Saturday, February 23, 2013 - 12:00pm
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