Feb. 1, 2023 “Black history is a lifetime. It is not a month. Stop letting other people control the narrative.” – Forum participant Gary Marion Jan. 24, 2023 Perhaps there is no middle way between the stout defenders of Black History Month and Gary Marion's ... Continue Reading →
ELECTION RESULTS 2022
Nov. 8, 2022 The N.C. Board of Elections posts unofficial precinct returns as they are reported. View them here. Below are the unofficial Mecklenburg vote totals for candidates on the Nov. 8 Mecklenburg election ballot, as compiled by the Mecklenburg and N.C. Boards of Elections. Victors are ... Continue Reading →
Candidates in contested N.C. Senate races
Oct. 18, 2022 The morning’s Forum with candidates in contested races for seats in the N.C. Senate was notable for the low level of energy in the room. Candidates did not make pleas for votes. There was not a single request for new get-out-the-vote projects. No candidate pleaded with those within ... Continue Reading →
Candidate Waddell greetings
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Joyce Waddell
– Page initiated Feb. 15, 2022 Joyce Waddelll has announced that she will be a candidate for re-election to represent District 40 in the N.C. Senate in the Democratic primary. Materials on this website 2-15-22 Greetings during Forum meetings. Info Facebook Media links ... Continue Reading →
General Election 2020
Results of the Nov. 3, 2020 general election after the canvass by all 100 N.C. counties on Nov. 17, an audit on Nov. 19 and, on Nov. 24, certification by the N.C. Board of Elections of nearly all of the county canvasses. Three county contests in Hoke, Wake and Wayne Counties, plus one District Court ... Continue Reading →
Election 2018: Joyce Waddell
Page initiated Aug. 7, 2018 Joyce Waddell is a candidate for the N.C. Senate from District 40. Below are video or audio files of statements made by the candidate or surrogates at the Forum during the 2018 election cycle. To start a video, click on it. Sept. 26, 2018 Sept. 18, 2018 Aug. 7, ... Continue Reading →
State, federal and judicial candidates
Oct. 18, 2016 Ten candidates for state, federal and judicial offices on the Nov. 8 ballot got 2 minutes each to make their pitch. But Forum participants' concerns, anxieties and needling questions about presidential candidate Donald Trump dominated the Q&A. Quipped N.C. Treasurer candidate Dan ... Continue Reading →
Legislative candidates, Week 2
Sept. 20, 2016 The Forum heard today from four candidates for re-election to legislative seats representing Mecklenburg districts. Two are unopposed on Nov. 8, and the challengers in the other two contests were not present. So the visits served chiefly as education for the voters in the room and ... Continue Reading →
Greetings from Joyce Waddell on March 15 primary
March 8, 2016 from Mary Johnson Feb. 23, 2016 Feb. 9, 2016 Feb. 2, 2016 from Mary Johnson Jan. 26, 2016 Jan. 12, 2016 ... Continue Reading →