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Welcome to Free the Vote North Carolina
Welcome to Free the Vote North Carolina, we are a group of concerned citizens from across the political spectrum that see a need for truly free and competitive elections in the State of North Carolina. We are Constitutionalist, Democrats, Greens, Libertarians, Whigs, Republicans, Independents and others who have come together to stand up for the North Carolinian's right to vote and to vote effectively.
In North Carolina the citizen's right to vote has been unjustifiably suppressed since 1901 with the introduction of the state-regulated ballot. Though North Carolina has seen many changes in its election law, since the dramatic lockdown on political competition in 1983 the problem of ballot access has remained a major obstacle for anyone outside the two major parties at the ballot box for nearly three decades and continues to worsen. We believe these laws to be a burden upon our constitutionally protected rights and a high-price to pay for expediency for the politically affluent two major parties and incumbents. It is our primary goal to see competition restored to the North Carolina election ballot and to give the people of North Carolina back their right to vote by reducing or eliminating the burden of North Carolina's oppressive ballot access regulations, while also aiming to research and push for other electoral reforms in such areas as North Carolina's Primary Election system and different voting methods. We hope that you will take a look around the website, learn more about the ballot issue, and see what you can do to help make North Carolina elections free and open once more. As the justices of the US Supreme Court said in the first ballot access case to reach the court, "'No right is more precious in a free country than that of having a voice in the election of those who make the laws under which, as good citizens, we must live. Other rights, even the most basic, are illusory if the right to vote is undermined'" (Williams v. Rhodes 1968). For without freedom we are but pawns, and without the right to vote there is no freedom, just a privilege with the illusion of freedom. Please consider donating today to help us fight more effectively for the right to vote in North Carolina. With your help we can Free the Vote North Carolina! |
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Press Releases
December 26, 2011:
Virginia Primary Law Just One Example of 'Flawed' Election Laws
LENOIR, (Dec. 26) - Two of the major Republican presidential hopefuls are learning what third party and independent candidates have known for years, that ballot access laws in most states are rigged against offering voters any real choices...
June 21, 2011:
Ballot Access Reform Bill Still Alive
CHARLOTTE (June 21) - An election bill that would dramatically lower the threshold for a new political party to gain and maintain ballot access in North Carolina may still be considered by the state General Assembly when it reconvenes in July.
News
January 23, 2012:
N.C. Libertarians to Request Presidential Primary
Brian Irving | Liberty Point
The North Carolina Libertarian Party will ask the State Board of Elections to conduct a Libertarian Presidential Preference Primary which may be the first in the state’s history...
January 23, 2012:
Libertarian Party May Hold First Minor Party Presidential Primary in North Carolina History
Richard Winger | Ballot Access News
The North Carolina Libertarian Party has requested that the state provide it with a presidential primary, which would be held on May 8...
January 16, 2012:
North Carolina Ballot Access Case Docketed in U.S. Supreme Court
Richard Winger | Ballot Access News
The North Carolina ballot access case is now docketed in the U.S. Supreme Court. It is Greene v Bartlett, 11-868.It challenges the ballot access law for independent candidates for the U.S. House....
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