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The district was re-established after the 1990 United States census, when North Carolina gained a House seat due to an increase in population.It was drawn in 1992 as one of two minority-majority districts, designed to give African-American voters (who comprised 22% of the state's population at the time) the chance to elect a representative of their choice; Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act ...
The 24th Amendment, ratified in 1964, abolished the use of the poll tax (or any other tax) as a pre-condition for voting in federal elections, [19] but made no mention of poll taxes in state elections. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 made clarifying remarks which helped to outlaw the practice nationwide, as well as make it enforceable by law.
Henderson County Public Library, 2020 Election Guide: North Carolina Elections, Hendersonville "League of Women Voters of North Carolina" . 29 July 2019. (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters )
The leader of the North Carolina Republicans, Robin Hayes, stated on December 11 that, regardless to what extent election fraud could be proven to have altered the election, a new election would be necessary in the state's 9th congressional district if investigators can verify a local newspaper report that early voting results in Bladen County ...
The North Carolina Free Enterprise Foundation (NCFEF) called Murry the most pro-business freshman legislator in the NC State House in 2010. [10] Murry was ranked as the "Most Effective Freshman" in the North Carolina State House for the 2011-12 legislative session by the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research (NCCPPR). [11]
Marcus won election to the North Carolina Senate on 6 November 2018 as a member of the Democratic Party. [4] She secured 57 percent of the vote, while her opponent, Republican incumbent Jeff Tarte, secured 43 percent. [5] During her tenure, Marcus has pushed to expand access to abortion in North Carolina, and signed on in 2021 to the proposed ...
The United States House of Representative elections of 2004 in North Carolina were held on November 3, 2004, as part of the biennial election to the United States House of Representatives. All thirteen seats in North Carolina, and 435 nationwide, were elected. The parties' positions were unchanged.
Republicans previously won 10 of the last 12 presidential elections in North Carolina, including the past three. In 2020, Trump won North Carolina over Biden by less than two percentage points (1.3%).