Issue Position: Voting Rights

Issue Position

Throughout our history, people have fought and died for the right of every eligible citizen, regardless of race, gender, or status, to vote in free and fair elections. Our electoral environment must be a reflection of those courageous efforts: an expansion of voting opportunity, ease of accessibility, and inclusiveness of all voters. Unfortunately, rather than being a shining example of voting progress, North Carolina Republicans have instead sent our state back to an embarrassing era of restriction and discrimination.

North Carolina Republicans have enacted the most restrictive voting law in the country. By reducing early voting, eliminating same-day registration, and mandating strict photo identification, Republicans have done everything in their power to limit voting rights to those that they favor.

I will fight for the restoration of voting rights in North Carolina. This fight is not borne out of ambition or a legislative agenda. It is borne out of the grief and disappointment of seeing a new generation of our neighbors, friends, and families being deprived of their vote. I look forward to the day when all NC citizens can be confident in their right to vote.

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