Take Action Now! Category

Would you like to help us build a government of the people, by the people and for the people of North Carolina? If so, here are some ways you can take action NOW to help. And if you want to be notified immediately whenever we issue a new call to action, click here to automatically subscribe to our Take Action feed via email or many other delivery options.

It Won’t Happen Without Us!

Friday, August 6th, 2010

We need action in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate during the Congressional recess!

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently told a group of fair elections supporters that it’s “we-the-people” who have to MAKE Congress do the right thing. So that’s our charge and it will not happen without YOU taking action. And now’s a great time to do it: Monday marks the beginning of the long summer recess for U.S. Congress. It’s the perfect time to contact them at their home office about fair elections and other issues dear to you.

If your North Carolina Congressperson has signed on as a co-sponsor for the Fair Elections Now Act (HR-1826, S-752) to provide optional public campaign financing for congressional candidates, please thank him (Jones, Miller, Price, Kissell, Watt, Butterfield have all signed on). If your Congressperson is not listed, please call their office and ask them to co-sponsor the Fair Elections Now Act. Ask them if they are concerned about political money and what they plan to do about it. Insist on a response. Phone numbers and email addresses for the entire NC House of Representatives delegation are included at the bottom of this message.

It is also time to start working the Senate side. Follow this link to ask Senator Hagan and Senator Burr to co-sponsor S-752. It will only take a minute, but it makes a difference. We’ve made it easy for you by providing talking points you can edit.

NC’s House of Representatives delegation; click on the name for an email link:

Rep G. K. Butterfield, Jr. (D – 01) (252) 237-9816
Rep Bob Etheridge (D – 02) (919) 829-9122
Rep Walter B. Jones, Jr. (R – 03) (252) 931-1003
Rep David Price (D – 04) (919) 967.7924
Rep Virginia Foxx (R – 05) (336) 778-0211
Rep Howard Coble (R – 06) (336) 333-5005
Rep Mike McIntyre (D – 07) (910) 815-4959
Rep Larry Kissell (D – 08) (910) 920-2070
Rep Sue Myrick (R – 09) (704) 362-1060
Rep Patrick McHenry (R – 10) (828) 327.6100
Rep Heath Shuler (D – 11) (828) 252-1651
Rep Mel Watt (D – 12) (704) 344-9950
Rep Brad Miller (D – 13) (919) 836-1313


Thanks so much!


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Support Voter-Owned Elections

Monday, July 26th, 2010

Write Your Senators Today!

North Carolina U.S. Representative David Price (D) is one of the leaders in the presidential public campaign financing reform effort, while NC’s Walter Jones (R), has introduced the Fair Elections Now Act (HR-1826) to bring VOE to U.S. House and Senate races. Price, Brad Miller (D), Larry Kissell (D), Mel Watt (D) and G.K. Butterfield (D) have joined Walter Jones in co-sponsoring FENA.

We need the support of North Carolina’s U.S. Senators for this bill, however! Email Kay Hagan here or contact Richard Burr here.  Or  better yet: visit our FENA Action Alert to send a quick email to both.

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Do It Again In 2010!

Monday, July 26th, 2010

Are you concerned about all the new 2008 voters who failed to show at the polls the following year? Would you like to see them return to vote in 2010 and embark on a lifetime of good voting habits?

If so, volunteer to help with our new voter phone banking efforts this fall. We’ll be calling voters who first registered in ’08 and encouraging them to turn out this November. You can be a part of our organized phone banking efforts in Durham, Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greenville or Winston-Salem, call people in your part of the state using phone lists we provide to you, or call from home to the areas where we need your help the most.

Please write our Organizing Director, Adam Sotak, to volunteer.

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Help Us Register New Voters!

Monday, July 26th, 2010

Are you interested in making sure we add to the voter rolls in North Carolina before the November General Election? Would you like to register new voters in your hometown or take part in one of our local coalitions, located in Durham, Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greenville or Winston-Salem? If so, please write our Organizing Director, Adam Sotak, for information on our voter registration materials and initiatives.

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