SPECIAL Member E-Newsletter
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Voting is key to securing our freedoms. That’s why this special edition of our Member E-Newsletter is being extended to all of our subscribers.
For two years, Qnotes has been reporting on our elections in a project called QnotesDemocracy: Our Rights at Risk. It started as an effort to make sure that the local LGBTQ+ community was informed leading into the 2022 midterms and has since been focused on the candidates and issues in the 2024 general election.
From the existential threat posed by gubernatorial candidate Lt. Governor Mark Robinson to the N.C. School board race, Qnotes staff has put a spotlight on the importance of this election to queer people and to democracy itself.
In an effort of the Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, which Qnotes is a founding member, we are launching our 2024 Voter Guide.
2024 Voter Guide
The partners of the Charlotte Journalism Collaborative have worked together to survey candidates on the issues that matter to our communities. Not everyone responded, but working together we were able to expand the capacity for such a project across six newsrooms and use our combined power to get the information you deserve […]
How do candidates plan to tackle the issue of rising violent crime? How will they address the need for affordable housing, healthcare and food access?
What about book bans in our public schools? How do Mecklenburg County Commissioner candidates plan to address the needs of our rapidly growing area? Where we got responses, we also included those candidates who are unopposed this election.
Our goal is to empower voters in Mecklenburg County to make informed decisions in the upcoming election.
Mail-in ballots have already gone out and early in-person voting begins on October 17. You can find these dates, early voting sites and links to all of the election coverage from the Charlotte Journalism Collaborative partners at charlottejournalism.org/cjc-election-hub. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library has also provided a democracy-focused reading list.
The 2024 Voter Guide is viewable here so before you head to the polls, or your mail-in ballot, we urge you to get informed on where candidates stand.
MORE HEADLINES
Are you registered to vote? Here’s all you need to know to be sure
Make sure you’re registered to vote and didn’t get erased in the purge. […]
SC extends voter registration in response to Hurricane Helene
As a result of issues caused by Hurricane Helene’s devastation in the piedmont […]
October is National LGBTQ History Month
For National LGBTQ History Month: Lesbians and Sports
Two brave lesbians made history in tennis
On Sept. 20, 1973, in their so-called “Battle of the Sexes,” tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, in the Houston Astrodome. It was the first time a woman had played against a man in such a venue and it was an historic event with much media hype and an astounding amount of betting in Las Vegas with the odds in Riggs’s favor. […]
Read more online at QnotesCarolinas.com
The Q-List
Things we’re reading, watching or just plain intrigued by this week:
- Guns, transgender rights, porn: The Supreme Court begins another term, NPR
- An LGBTQ+ cocktail bar was open in Asheville in 31 days. Now it’s in ruins, Advocate
- Commentary: On National Coming Out Day: No more silent compromises, Washington Blade
- The election could push LGBTQ+ mental health to the edge. Queer activists are fighting for a lifeline, LGBTQ Nation
- Drag queen whose image was used in a Trump ad is reviewing ‘legal options’, NBC News
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