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Reflections on an essential act of representative democracy

September 25, 2020 Candidates & Ballots, I am voting because

Page initiated Sept. 25, 2020 To encourage participation in the November balloting, we asked Forum participants to complete the thought above. To read the full text, click on the photo that appears with that entry.     Oct. 23 By Laura McClettie When I vote I know my ... Continue Reading →

Primary Election 2020

March 3, 2020 Candidates & Ballots

Unofficial results from March 3 primaries, with the focus on Mecklenburg. Complete results as reported by the N.C. Board of Elections are here. Parties: D-Democratic; R-Republican; L-Libertarian; G-Green; C-Constitution. Local offices State offices Federal offices ... Continue Reading →

Forum hears from 1 of 4 Democrats in 9th District primary

February 18, 2020 Candidates & Ballots

Feb. 18, 2020 Cynthia Wallace addressed the Forum this morning at a session focused on the March 3 Democratic primary for the 9th District Congress seat. The Democratic winner produced by the primary season will face Republican incumbent Dan Bishop, who does not face a primary. There are four ... Continue Reading →

Blake issues statements on WBTV report on courtroom cases

February 11, 2020 Candidates & Ballots

Feb. 11, 2020 Judge Aretha Blake asked for time this morning to issue an apology for what she termed a disruption of the Forum by a WBTV reporter. The reporter’s interview with Blake took place Feb. 4 in the Forum meeting room, but before the Forum had begun. About a dozen people were in the ... Continue Reading →

Cunningham, Fuller discuss U.S. Senate primary

February 11, 2020 Candidates & Ballots

Feb. 11, 2020 Cal Cunningham and Trevor Fuller discussed the Democratic U.S. Senate primary at the Forum this morning. There was much talk about health care and an impeached president. Much talk there was also about systemic change, but not much about national security. The other three Democrats ... Continue Reading →

County, court issues raised with March 3 primary candidates

February 4, 2020 Candidates & Ballots

Feb. 4, 2020 The March 3 primary election includes only one District Court challenge. Lynna Moen is challenging incumbent Aretha Blake for Seat 2. George Dunlap, longtime incumbent and current chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, is in a primary contest with newcomer Cade Lee for the ... Continue Reading →

3 candidates in the March 3 Primaries

January 28, 2020 Candidates & Ballots

Jan. 28, 2020 Rev. Brenda Stevenson says she is listening to voters, and wants county government to respond. Two veteran legislators seeking re-election detailed how they believe Republican legislative leaders have failed to respond to North Carolina's voters. The Forum session this morning bounced ... Continue Reading →

Candidates in March 3 at-large county commissioners contest

January 21, 2020 Candidates & Ballots

Jan. 21, 2010 The Forum heard this morning from seven of the eight Democrats on the March 3 County Commissioners primary ballot. With three at-large seats to be elected in November, and no Republicans having filed, three Democrats will effectively be chosen in the primary to serve two-year terms. ... Continue Reading →

Legislative primaries: Volume One

January 14, 2020 Candidates & Ballots

Jan. 14, 2020 Forum invitations had gone out to people involved in contested races on the March 3 primary ballot to appear this morning. Then the legislative leadership called the incumbents back for votes this morning, so all the incumbents drove over to Raleigh. For this reason or any number ... Continue Reading →

Challenge to Bonapart’s Senate 39 candidacy upheld locally

January 8, 2020 Candidates & Ballots

Jan. 8, 2020 Darrell Bonapart told the Charlotte Observer Tuesday he would appeal to the State Board of Elections a decision by the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections to uphold challenge to his candidacy in Senate District 39 primary on March 3. The challenge contested Bonapart’s claim of ... Continue Reading →

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