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Noncitizen voting amendment on NC 2024 ballot, an FAQ
Oct 4, 2024 · North Carolina is one of eight states with a noncitizen voting constitutional amendment question on the ballot in 2024. The others are Wisconsin, Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kentucky and South Carolina. Since 2018, seven states have amended their constitutions to explicitly ban noncitizens from voting in all elections, despite having no ...
County-by-county NC recovery from Helene after 2 weeks
Oct 12, 2024 · Extensive damage in the area of Swannanoa River Road in Asheville on Sept. 30, 2024, three days after Tropical Storm Helene swept through Western North Carolina. Colby Rabon / Carolina Public Press. Two weeks later. Taking stock of storm recovery across Western NC, county-by-county.
New NC voting rules: ID requested with exceptions – here’s what …
Sep 15, 2023 · This article is part of U.S. Democracy Day, a nationwide collaborative on Sept. 15, the International Day of Democracy, in which news organizations cover how democracy works and the threats it faces.
Early voting in North Carolina: How it started, who uses it and how …
Oct 10, 2022 · North Carolinians are just a few weeks away from seeing “I voted” stickers on the clothes of strangers at the grocery store. One-stop voting, also commonly known as “early voting,” begins Oct. 20 and will continue through Nov. 5.
Voting FAQ for NC 2024 election - Carolina Public Press
Aug 7, 2024 · Answers to frequently asked questions offer a reference. by Mehr Sher August 7, 2024. Henderson County polling place election judge Tracye Sheley collects ballots from Daniel and Vanessa Livingston during curbside voting for the primary election on May 17, 2022, at Fletcher Town Hall. Colby Rabon / Carolina Public Press.
Fayetteville crime down but violent crimes up, much higher than …
Mar 4, 2022 · Unfortunately, violent crimes — homicides and aggravated assaults — are up. Fayetteville Police Chief Gina Hawkins presented the 2021 annual crime report to the City Council on Monday, giving numbers on the city’s overall crime decrease, particularly property crimes such as burglary, larceny and robbery, which were down 13.5% from 2020.
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Yancey Co. and Mitchell Co. Helene survivors share stories
Oct 7, 2024 · At 7 a.m. on Sept. 27, six inches of water covered 82-year-old Richard Bailey’s road near Micaville, in rural Yancey County where he lives with his wife, he told Carolina Public Press a week later.. Within an hour, the water flowing from two creeks, one of them Cane Branch, which framed a small enclave of a handful of homes, climbed the concrete steps and water entered …
FAQ: What to know about NC absentee by-mail voting in 2024
Sep 24, 2024 · The first batch of North Carolina absentee ballots were sent to some voters on Friday, Sept. 20, while the rest will be sent on Tuesday, Sept. 24. The mail out comes two weeks past the Sept. 6 statutory deadline and 46 days before Election Day, after last minute election litigation led to a full ballot reprinting.