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2024 Voter Guide
Voting is key to securing our freedoms. 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…
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. Credit: Facebook Election Day is closing in fast. In fact, it’s just right around the corner. Do you know if you’re registered to vote? For registering in North Carolina, the requirements are: be a citizen of the United States, hold residence within…
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SC extends voter registration in response to Hurricane Helene
As a result of issues caused by Hurricane Helene’s devastation in the piedmont area of the state, South Carolina is extending voter registration an extra 7 days to October 14. After Helene left hundreds of thousands without power for days, among the other issues caused, the South Carolina Democratic Party’s lawsuit to extend the registration…
Five LGBTQ+ candidates vying for SC elections
Four Democrats and one Republican are on the ballot in South Carolina. As the remaining time before our next election day dwindles down to just over a month, voters have increasingly little time to research who would act in their best interests, especially for the LGBTQ+ community. This applies especially to residents of South Carolina,…
RGA gave Mark Robinson big campaign bucks
Amid constant scandals, Mark Robinson remains in 2024 race for NC Governor
State Super candidate Michele Morrow says plus symbol in ‘LGBTQ+’ stands for pedophilia
If we are complacent democracy will fall.
A look at NC state offices up for grabs in November
VP candidate Walz makes appearance at HRC event
GOP spreads lies about Democratic VP candidate Tim Walz
Republicans soften abortion and LGBTQ+ language for official platform
Election forecasters call North Carolina a ‘toss-up’ state
Sounding the alarm: election deniers could pose threat to certifying election results
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Drag queens form Drag PAC to register voters and get folks to the polls
Gov. Cooper cites Lt. Gov.’s extremism as factor in declining VP role while election-deniers may refuse to certify results if Harris wins NC
After Trump’s near assassination, conspiracy theories spring from social media
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Judge upholds hospitalization requirement for abortion in NC
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‘Kamala IS brat:’ understanding the memes behind the movement
Southern states commit delegates to Kamala Harris, including N.C. and S.C.Â
Kamala Harris could potentially make history by becoming the first woman to hold the title of President of the United States after President Joe Biden announced his decision to drop his reelection campaign on July 21. In order to secure the nomination, Harris needs to secure a majority of the nearly 4,000 Democratic delegates sent…
Understanding the Supreme Court and its power
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A safe, sound education: a guide to Boards of Education
‘The greatest threat to our community: Donald Trump going back to the White House’
North Carolina LGBTQ+ elected officials and local community leaders gathered at Fiction Kitchen, a local LGBTQ-owned restaurant in Raleigh, yesterday to warn of the threat Donald Trump poses to the freedoms and rights of LGBTQ+ communities in North Carolina if he is elected for a second term. State Representatives Allison Dahle, Marcia Morey, Vernetta Alston…
Libertarians choose gay man for presidential candidate
Meet Mo Green: the common sense choice for N.C. schools
One step forward, two steps back: how North Carolina seems to be heading back to HB2 era
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