With our help, our partners in the Tar Heel State, North Carolina Black Alliance and North Carolina Asian Americans Together (NCAAT), have targeted youth voter registration and turnout on college campuses with substantial BIPOC student populations – including the state’s 11 HBCUs.
Many of these students are voting for the first (or second time). Especially with inexperienced voters, there will be ballot snafus. Unsigned outer envelopes, mis-matched signatures, insufficient identification and any other irregularity the Republican party can manufacture to “spoil” a young voter’s ballot.
In North Carolina, the County Board of Elections is required to notify a voter of a defect and inform them how to cure it. Will they? Will the voter respond in a timely manner? Will they understand the mechanics of fixing their ballot?
That’s why we’re funding a final push with our partners so they can keep their canvassers on the payroll so they can assist and voters with curing their ballots.
Can we finish our fundraising for NC Black Alliance and NCAAT Ballot Curing by this Thursday, when early in-person voting begins in NC?
In North Carolina, ballot curing can begin as soon as early voting starts!
Quick note: Early absentee voting has already begun, with Democratic returns outpacing the Republicans by 10%.
North Carolina Candidates
We asked North Carolina Black Alliance for a short list of candidates whose races would be most strategic for North Carolina. For those of you who attended or watched the zoom with them, it is Marcus who recommended these 3 candidates.
Allison Riggs – NC State Supreme Court Justice (keep). The seven-justice NC Supreme Court has a 5-2 Republican majority. Democratic Justice Riggs is up for partisan reelection. Candidate website.
Carolyn Thompson – NC Court of Appeals (keep). Incumbent Judge Thompson is also up for partisan re-election. She is African-American and focused on victims of domestic violence while in private practice. Candidate website.
Raymond Smith – Challenger, State Senate (flip). Raymond Smith is an African American Gulf War veteran and former NC state Assembly member. He is running to flip a Senate seat in the Goldsboro area and shatter the Republican super-majority. Candidate website.
NCAAT – matching up to $250 per person
NC Candidates – matching up to $250 per person
To be matched, tell us about your donation in the comments or email to WaterGirl)
Open thread!
FastEdD
25 bongo bux to each of the three. If we win NC it is all over for Mango Mussolini.
3Sice
Bipartisan State Board Unanimously Approves Measures to Help Western North Carolina Voters
Link
silvery
added $250 to the NCAAT bucket
Cashworth
Long time lurker, here; I dunno if it’ll count towards today’s matching but I donated $100 each to NCAAT and NC Black Alliance yesterday.
WaterGirl
@Cashworth: Yes, that counts. The matching was in place, but I wasn’t able to get a post up yesterday.
WaterGirl
Thank you all!
H.E.Wolf
Makes my day that we’re helping our North Carolina partners (and fellow citizens) exercise their right to vote!
HinTN
@WaterGirl: I’m not sure I saw the match to the donations I made Sunday afternoon. Can you confirm those got matched?
SuzieC
$25. to each thermometer.
StringOnAStick
$25 to each of the 3 thermometers.
WaterGirl
@HinTN: If you can point me to the post, I can find the comment number and check the spreadsheet. thanks
Geoduck
If it hasn’t been mentioned, Jimmy Carter’s representatives have announced he was able to cast his vote for Harris.
WaterGirl
@Geoduck: I hope Jimmy Carter gets to see Harris win.
CAM-WA
Just gave $100 to NCAAT in Action
Gloria DryGarden
Unsigned outer envelopes: in 2020, I worked the drive through ballot drop off, and we checked those, carrying a pen in our pockets.
Caught a few:“please sign this, and would you date it too, we don’t want them to have any reason to reject your vote”
yay, everyone who is contributing!
Gloria DryGarden
@WaterGirl: omg yes!
HinTN
@WaterGirl: The Sunday post:
https://balloon-juice.com/2024/10/13/big-week-for-north-carolina-for-us-open-thread/#comments
Comment #7.
WaterGirl
@HinTN: @HinTN:
Yep, yours was counted toward the match that day.
HinTN
@WaterGirl: 👍 Thanks for all you have done and continue to do to help us help those with boots on the ground.
pacem appellant
$25 to NCBAM
$25 to NCAAT
LFG
WaterGirl
@HinTN: You’re welcome!
We have to win this.
WaterGirl
FYI, there is a new post up with election certification news from Georgia, and that will be followed by 3 voting initiative posts – Colorado, Washington State, and Nevada – separated by just 5 minutes each. I figure no one will be interested in more than one of those. :-)
edit: I just moved the GA post to after the 3 initiatives posts.
Dmkingto
Another $50 each for all three thermometers
cursorial
Added another 50 to NCAAT!
Jackie
@WaterGirl:
Better yet; here’s hoping Jimmy’s health stays well enough to watch Harris be sworn in Jan 20, and very aware that he’s witnessing HISTORY!
MJN
$100 each to all three
WaterGirl
Anyone ever wonder if we are making a difference?
Thanks for the good news, Mousebumples!
Jackie
@WaterGirl: 🤞🏻🤞🏻
Sc0tt
$25 to
NC Black Alliance Matching
Martin Schafer
donated 100 to Ncaat
Sister Golden Bear
Put in $25 each for all three.
Madeleine
Three donations:
$50 for NC Black Alliance
$50 for NCAAT
$100 for NC candidates
WaterGirl
Thank you all!
Here’s the list of all the matching donation comment #s so far.
1
3
4
9
10
14
20
email
email
23
24
26
29
30
unrelatedwaffle
$25 to NC Black Alliance!
phdesmond
i just bet $100 on North Carolina.
WaterGirl
@Sister Golden Bear: @Madeleine: @unrelatedwaffle: @phdesmond:
Thank you all!
RaflW
One hundred each for NC Black Alliance and NCAT.
We’re in Sweden visiting cousins. They ask a lot of really smart and good questions, and they just can’t believe how weird and sometimes awful the US is.
We keep blaming Republicans, but that only gets you a certain distance before one of them says,”I want to come see America to see where you live, but I could never stay there,” and I can’t even remotely disagree with them.
WaterGirl
@RaflW: Thank you! And yeah, it’s a mess.
SFBayAreaGal
$100 each for all 3
Warren Senders
$50 for NC candidates.
And again, incredible gratitude to everyone who puts these posts together.
RevRick
Added $250 to each cause
Mandarama
If it’s not too late…$25 to NC Black Alliance. Thank you, WG!
Emily B.
$25 to NCAAT and $25 to Key NC Candidates. Thank you, WG!
WaterGirl
Since we are so close to early voting in NC, I asked our 3 remaining Angels to pre-match this time. So the match money is now in for NC Black Alliance. More on this in a post in the morning.
In case you are wondering why the NC Black Alliance thermometers are gone… Our Angel who was matching for NCAAT donated into the Black Alliance thermometer, which is my fault because I didn’t send the donation link like I usually do.
So we have basically met our goal for NC Black Alliance early, so maybe direct anything you would have give to them to NCAAT? Not a big deal at all – it’s gonna work out Just fine.
We’re nothing if not flexible!
WaterGirl
Here’s the list of all the matching donation comment #s in this thread.
1
3
4
9
10
14
20
email
email
23
24
26
29
30
31
32
34
35
37
39
40
41
42
43
mail
Temp Decloaked Lurker
$100 for NCAAT
$75 for the NC candidates
A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)
4 Directions – $100
Duck Valley $100
NC Black Alliance Ballot Curing $200
NCAAT $200
NC Judicial $300 (split between 3 candidates)
Thanks, Water Girl!
Hazmat
$50 for NCAAT.
WaterGirl
@Temp Decloaked Lurker: @A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan): @Hazmat:
Thanks so much! I’ve got all of these!