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Good News Friday!
Report on the Poll Observer Bill!

Good News To Report
On the Poll Observer Bill
 
Submitted by Jim Womack
Some good news to report. In March & April, we worked our tails off to generate a comprehensive bill addressing Poll Observer authority and permitted activities. We successfully secured sponsors in the House (while the Senate blew us off). The House elections committee chair Grey Mills was one of the four co-sponsors. Our old friend George Cleveland, though, was a primary sponsor as well and he has been pressuring Mills and the others to get the bill moved out of the Elections Committee. After sitting for two full months, the bill moved to the Judiciary Committee yesterday and secured a favorable report. It has been re-referred back to House Rules, Calendar & Operations where it has a good chance of securing passage. I am excited by this movement and hopeful it will proceed next week to the House Floor for 2nd and 3rd readings, then cross over to the Senate for quick consideration.
Here's the Action Plan
Look for more this upcoming week!
 

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Action Alert Coming Up This Week!
 
Precious Little Time to Mobilize to Fix the NC Omnibus Bill Headed to the House
 
Submitted by Jim Womack
Wednesday, 6/22. 2023, The NC Senate actually released a 3rd Edition of S747 with three amendments, then passed it out of committee and the Senate on third reading. It is now in the House for consideration next week. We have precious little time to get folks mobilized and in action.
 
Here's what I have discovered in my brief review of Edition 3: Link here.

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County Coordinators & Liaison Meetings.
Sunday, June 25th @7PM
 
Our Wednesday, June 21st call was well received. Those of you who could not make that call, hope to see you this Sunday.

 
The Agenda for These Two Meetings
1) Eagle AI is coming in the next few weeks and will be ready by July 4th. You need to have your counties prepared with a plan and a data team. We will review the steps and give you an update. Who's up first and what to expect. Jim Womack will walk us through what each county needs to have in place.
2) Priority Legislation: Action Alerts to forward and call your county folks. Who's helping us and who's not. (Media attacks mean we're on target!)
3) Post Office updates. Same bad actors in BOE are running the PO.
4) Vulnerable Voters Task Forces Forming. Resources/Still need a state leader.
 
See https://www.nceit.org/Member Resources/Local Task Forces for links to the Zoom calls.
Please note: You need to be a member to NCEIT.org to access Member Resources. Click JOIN US for application. We vet everyone.
Please remember to identify yourself: first last and your county.
 

Longleaf Politics: June 19, 2023
Power grab or good government?
https://www.longleafpol.com/p/power-grab-or-good-government?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
 
This week, we dive deep into the new proposal to change the State Board of Elections.
 
Ever since Gov. Roy Cooper took office, the General Assembly has been whittling away at his power. It’s a time-honored tradition in North Carolina politics, though an exhausting one.
This battle is back in a big way. Once again, the legislature is attempting to change the composition of the State Board of Elections — making the board evenly split between Republicans and Democrats and removing the governor’s office from the equation altogether.
There’s a strong argument to be made that this isn’t just a power grab, it’s actually good government. The bill is also well in line with how other states administer their elections.
 
Read more here.

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