Citizen Will

Tag: Elections

  • Judge Calabria, FairJudges.net and the problem of 527 monies

    From todays New & Record (11/01/06): An independent political organization called FairJudges.Net began airing the ad this week. By promoting four Supreme Court candidates, it upsets a system meant to create a level playing field in judicial contests. Watchdog groups are up in arms. “Democracy North Carolina believes the activities of FairJudges.Net are a disturbing […]

  • Fool me once, shame on you…: Judge Calabria responds.

    Nice and quick response from Judge Calabria: Mr. Raymond, I will look into this as soon as I finish sending a letter to the State Board of Elections about the violations that are occurring on TV. I have already requested rescue funds. I will be happy to provide a copy of my new letter to […]

  • Fool me once, shame on you…: Possible Republican Judge Election Trickery

    According to WCHL1360 some kind of organized tomfoolery is going on at the Morehead Planetarium polling place Some students from UNC Chapel Hill are working to get votes for Conservative judges, but are not always transparent in their efforts. Chapel Hill attorney Bob Epting says a young woman approached him outside the polling place and […]

  • Soundbite: Carey, CitizenWill and the 2006 Redistricting Referendum

    WCHL1360 caught a small taste [MP3] of Wednesday’s “debate”. I’ve since heard the radio ad promoting,to some small extent (and, hopefully, unintentionally), the referendum. Besides surmounting all the advertising – radio, print – the layout of the ballot will probably prove to be the hardest obstacle to overcome. As someone (thanks) pointed out to me, […]

  • WCHL Commentary: Oct. 24th Superior Court and BOCC Voluntary Campaign Finance Disclosure

    More on this issue later. Here’s the text of my Oct. 19th WCHL1360 commentary: This week, I am asking candidates for this years Superior Court and Board of Commissioner races to voluntarily report their campaign finances by Wednesday, October 24th. The last we heard about campaign fund-raising was June 30th. At that time we discovered […]

  • Unlucky %13

    Early primary day I read online reports of low turnout in Hillsborough, Efland, Carrboro and Chapel Hill. Having done a bit of research on local elections, I realized that my vote, 222, that late in the day, at the Chapel Hill Library, home of Estes Hills precinct, a precinct which traditionally turns out heavily, was […]

  • May 2nd: Don’t fear the reaper, get out and vote!

    Several months ago I went to Hillsborough for a demonstration of the ESS voting equipment. I saw the tried and true, paper ballot optical scan code machine and the fancy, complex and, I think, easy-to-tamper-with, touch screen unit. Wisely, the Board of Elections recommended the optical scan over the touch screen.