Neighbors on Call’s NC Policy Update for 8/29/22

Voting Rights

“The North Carolina Rules Review Commission on Thursday voted to prevent the state’s elections board from going forward with tightened rules for poll watchers ahead of the November election.” - Bryan Anderson WRAL

“Claiming to have already trained over 1,000 people to volunteer to help run this November’s elections, conservative activists in North Carolina are opposing new rules that would more strictly regulate those volunteers’ behavior at polling places.“ - Will Doran, News and Observer