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DTH GRAPHIC/JEFFREY SHUTTER DTH/ANGELINA KATSANIS TRUMP PHOTO COURTESY OF ISAAC BREKEN, GETTY Trump leads over Biden in close N.C. race By Sonia Rao Biden as of midnight on Wednesday, which was 76,380. Many Republican council of state candidates, such as City & State Editor In North Carolina, absentee ballots received by Nov. 12 N.C. agriculture commissioner candidate Steve Troxler, will be counted in the election. state superintendent candidate Catherine Truitt and This has been an election like no other. But it’s not over yet. While those who vote absentee tend to lean Democratic, treasurer Dale Folwell were also projected to win, according President Donald Trump had the lead in North Bob Phillips, executive director of Common Cause N.C., said to unofficial results. Carolina over former Vice President Joe Biden as of it’s hard to say whether these uncounted absentee ballots Phillips said Trump’s lead in North Carolina could be midnight on Wednesday, leading by 1.39 percent, will make a difference in the election. attributed to a lack of youth voter turnout in the state. He according to unofficial results. Republicans won races down the ballot, according to said although youth voter turnout was higher than in the 117,000 absentee ballots in North Carolina have yet to unofficial North Carolina results. Incumbent U.S. Sen. 2016 election, many voters under 39 were not performing be returned, according to the N.C. State Board of Elections. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., was leading against Democratic to what registration levels in North Carolina looked like. This is larger than the number of votes Trump has over challenger Cal Cunningham by 1.78 percent as of midnight on Wednesday. SEE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, PAGE 6 Thom Tillis projected to Republicans hold majority keep U.S. Senate seat in state legislature By Henry Haney despite his opponent’s advantage. Tillis will return to Washington, By Kayleigh Carpenter state legislature. City & State Assistant Editor Tillis was elected to the Senate in D.C., alongside U.S. Sen. Richard City & State Assistant Editor “Things like funding, if there 2014, when he ousted incumbent Burr, R-N.C., North Carolina’s other are new rules or laws passed by the Republican incumbent Sen. Democrat Kay Hagan. Throughout The Republican party is projected assembly, it’s going to impact how Thom Tillis declared victory in his term, Tillis has heavily sponsored to keep their control over the N.C. that executive is going to carry out the U.S. Senate in North Carolina bills in areas like finance, armed General Assembly, according to those new laws,” Czabovsky said. over Democratic challenger Cal forces and national security. unofficial results from the North The competition for each Cunningham Tuesday. Michael Bitzer, a professor of Carolina State Board of Elections. legislative district varies across the In a narrow race that has yet to be politics and history at Catawba In the state Senate, the Republican state. For example, each of Orange called, Tillis received 48.73 percent College, cited the U.S. Senate race majority now stands at 28 to the County’s two N.C. House legislative of the vote, giving him a slim 1.78 in North Carolina as one that could Democratic minority’s 22. In the districts had uncontested races — percent margin over Cunningham, determine which party controls state House, the number now stands Rep. Graig Meyer, D-Orange, Caswell according to unofficial results. the Senate in 2021. With Tillis’ at 69 to 51. for District 50, and Rep. Verla Insko, At an election watch party in victory, it is unlikely — though not Prior to the election, Republicans D-Orange, for District 56. Mooresville, Tillis celebrated his impossible — that Democrats will controlled 29 seats in the state However, N.C. Senate District 9 victory alongside family, campaign regain control of the legislative Senate and 65 in the House. was predicted to be one of the closet staffers and other supporters. body. He said states like Georgia, “After all of the time and expense races, and it was — Republican “I’m here to tell you tonight, with Montana and Iowa are also key to running election campaigns, the Michael Lee is projected to win six more years in the U.S. Senate, determining the partisan results suggest public policies are against Democrat Harper Peterson I will work tirelessly to make control of the unlikely to change drastically over by 1.2 percentage points. sure that we continue to provide Senate. the next two years,” Mitch Kokai, Kokai said both parties tried to opportunities and continue to fulfill As a senior policy analyst at the John have candidates running in every promises and continue to make this member of Locke Foundation, said in an email. legislative district — a signal to him nation and this state as great as the Senate The Republican Party first took that they deemed the control of the it can possibly be,” Tillis said in a Judiciary over control of both chambers General Assembly was up for grabs. victory speech Tuesday night. Committee of the General Assembly after “There are some seats that are The final month of the Senate race, and a the 2010 election, ending over a pretty well entrenched for one party scandals rocked both campaigns. conservative, century of Democratic control of or the other,” Kokai said. “But if On Oct. 2, Tillis contracted COVID- Tillis pushed at least one chamber. you have a wave election and you 19 after attending a White House for the nomination of Coney Barrett DTH/KIARA ALVARADO, JEFFREY SHUTTER With that, they brought about don’t have someone running in that Rose Garden ceremony for then- just weeks before the election, despite conservative senator who is currently changes like decreasing the number district, you can’t win it.” Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney his opposition to considering former serving his third term. After his of judges in the state Court of Jean Davison, a professor in President Barack Obama’s nominee, victory, he expressed his gratitude Appeals from 15 to 12 in 2017, the UNC School of Nursing and “I will work tirelessly to Merrick Garland, months before the for his supporters in North Carolina. decreasing the individual income Orange County voter, said there is make sure that we continue 2016 election. “I did have a heavy burden tax rate to 5.25 percent from 7.75 a lot at stake with this election. Bitzer said Tillis’ reelection on me thinking that NC could percent and privatizing parts of “We’re at a point in our country to provide opportunities.” could foreshadow the re-election be the majority maker for the Medicaid in 2015. where some major health crises Thom Tillis of President Donald Trump, or U.S. Senate,” Tillis said in his Despite controlling both chambers, are going on and we need a strong U.S. Sen., R-N.C. at least his winning of North speech. “I told people across Kokai said Republicans will still need leader for that,” Davidson said. Carolina’s 15 electoral votes. the state that they needed to help from the Democrats to override This is the first election after the Barrett. That same day, news broke “If President Trump wins carry the same burden. And in any potential veto from Gov. Roy state legislature redistricted via a of intimate, romantic text messages reelection, and Tillis is returned the election today they proved Cooper, who is projected to win his court order in 2019. between a public relations strategist to the Senate, I think you will to me that they were willing to second term as governor. One impactful change created by from California and Cunningham, see even greater partisan loyalty carry that burden all the way to Joe Czabovsky, an assistant the Republican majority General who is married. and adherence to the president,” victory tonight.” journalism professor at UNC, said Assembly was the creation of According to FiveThirtyEight, he said. the governor has some of his own gerrymandered districts. Tillis trailed Cunningham in polls for Trump endorsed Tillis in the @HenryHaney17 autonomous executive abilities, but most of 2020 but clinched the victory North Carolina Senate race. [email protected] his duties are intertwined with the SEE STATE LEGISLATURE, PAGE 5 And that, ladies and gentlemen, is democracy. SELINA MEYER, “VEEP” 2 Wednesday, November 4, 2020 News The Daily Tar Heel The Daily Tar Heel Established 1893 Women’s soccer caps off perfect regular season 127 years of editorial freedom ANNA POGARCIC By Nicole Schroder near the end of the first half, the EDITOR!IN!CHIEF Staff Writer North Carolina defense stifled the EDITOR"DAILYTARHEEL.COM Fighting Irish by holding them to one BRANDON STANDLEY The North Carolina women’s shot in the second half, only one of EDITORIAL MANAGING EDITOR soccer team fought through the bitter which was on goal. MANAGING.EDITOR"DAILYTARHEEL.COM cold to defeat Notre Dame 2-0, in the “I’m very, very pleased with the WILL MELFI last game of the season largely to the way this defense is playing. That DIGITAL MANAGING EDITOR credit of a spectacular UNC defense. back four and the goalkeeper, these DIGITAL"DAILYTARHEEL.COM With the win, the Tar Heels secured are very elite players,” Dorrance said. their 17th undefeated regular season However, it wasn’t only those five MAEVE SHEEHEY in program history and 24th regular players who defended well on Sunday DIRECTOR OF ENTERPRISE season ACC Championship. night. It was the entire team. The ENTERPRISE"DAILYTARHEEL.COM In the opening 30 minutes, UNC efforts by every UNC player on the MADDIE ELLIS gave an impressive performance for field to defend the ball did not go UNIVERSITY EDITOR the scarce number of fans surrounding unnoticed. Notre Dame head coach UNIVERSITY"DAILYTARHEEL.COM Dorrance Field. The Tar Heels’ smooth Nate Norman commended Dorrance SONIA RAO passing, strong attack and solid and his team as they left the field. CITY & STATE EDITOR defense were applaudable against a Fresh legs gave UNC the boost CITY"DAILYTARHEEL.COM high press from the Fighting Irish. it needed to strike first on the RAMISHAH MARUF “We can’t play better than that,” scoreboard. A powerful drive came DTH/CYNTHIA LIU ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR head coach Anson Dorrance said. from the right foot of sophomore Freshman forward midfielder Sam Meza (1) attempts to maintain posession of ARTS"DAILYTARHEEL.COM “Those were the best 30 minutes of Hallie Klanke with 10 minutes left in the ball in a game against Notre Dame on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. UNC won 2-0. our season.” the half, finding the back of the net. BRIAN KEYES ball through the midfield. team into the locker room with no SPORTS EDITOR Despite a relatively equal number The Tar Heels came out with of opportunities for both teams renewed energy from the half time North Carolina’s seniors were goals from the Fighting Irish. SPORTS"DAILYTARHEEL.COM in the first half, the Fighting Irish break. Just five minutes in, junior celebrated prior to the game and shared “It’s everyone’s dream to come to PAIGE MASTEN simply could not break through an midfielder Brianna Pinto fired an a moment with their families before Carolina,” Otto said. “I got to stay OPINION EDITOR outstanding UNC back line. impressive header into the goal, their last debut at Dorrance Field. here another year, and I’ve had a OPINION"DAILYTARHEEL.COM North Carolina goalkeeper Claudia putting her team up 2-0. Dorrance said Fox, who he proclaimed great time. It’s never easy to play JEFFREY SHUTTER Dickey and defenders Emily Fox, With a comfortable lead, the a top-three collegiate player in the your last game in this stadium, so it DESIGN & GRAPHICS EDITOR Maycee Bell, Abby Allen and Julia defensive work resumed with first-year country, will only continue to improve was great to have a win in the last DESIGN"DAILYTARHEEL.COM Dorsey were major contributors to Sam Meza effectively dispossessing beyond her four years at UNC. game out here with my team. They MORGAN PIROZZI & the Tar Heels’ shutout on Sunday and the Fighting Irish of the ball twice Senior midfielder Taylor Otto also made it a great night.” ANGELINA KATSANIS the team’s success all season. Outside around the 50th minute. UNC kept stepped up in the midfield to control of a burst of three Notre Dame shots up a fast pace and movement of the the pace of the match and carry her [email protected] CO!PHOTO EDITORS PHOTO"DAILYTARHEEL.COM SERGIO OSNAYA!PRIETO COPY CHIEF COPY"DAILYTARHEEL.COM Two pieces from Meet the Moment Art Walk missing MARY KING ONLINE EDITOR Moment Instagram account made a painting that featured the head and ONLINE"DAILYTARHEEL.COM post announcing that the art had been shoulders of a Black woman on a taken and that the rest of the artwork solid pink background, which she Mail and Office: 109 E. Franklin St. would be taken down. named “Lady in Pink,” said she was Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Anna Pogarcic, editor, 962-4086 Some of the art will be included disheartened when she saw that her Advertising & Business, 962-1163 in an upcoming auction, with piece was missing. News, Features, Sports, 962-0245 proceeds going to the Chapel Hill- “It’s really difficult to not know the One copy per person; Carrboro NAACP. future of the work you create. I think additional copies may be purchased at The Daily Tar Heel for $.25 each. Parry said since the original goal of every artist creates a bond with their Please report suspicious activity at our the art walk was to inspire Chapel Hill work, so seeing it disappear or get distribution racks by emailing [email protected] community members to vote, it made replaced is upsetting,” Vaughn said. sense to take down the art with the Vaughn said she created the piece © 2012 DTH Media Corp. All rights reserved election approaching and pieces going because she wanted to promote both missing, especially since she is still able the Black Lives Matter movement CORRECTIONS to promote the artwork on the social and female empowerment. She chose media accounts. to make the background pink in A $100 reward is being offered to order to present strength through a UPDATE: An article in the PHOTO COURTESY OF SOPHIE VAUGHN anyone who returns the art. traditionally feminine color. Monday, Nov. 2 2020 print “Lady in Pink” by Sophie Vaughn was one of the paintings in the Meet Parry said she decided not to get the Vaughn added that even though it is the Moment Art Walk on Franklin Street that recently went missing. police involved and instead offered the difficult to not know the whereabouts edition of The Daily Tar reward as a way to hopefully incentivize of her work, she hopes that whoever Heel titled “Coal ash sites By Elizabeth Egan Mary Parry, the organizer of the whoever took the art to return it. has the painting will appreciate it. put environment at risk” Assistant Arts & Culture Editor art walk, was notified by artist Sophie “Rather than distract anyone from “I’ve accepted I won’t see the piece has been updated online to Vaughn that one of her pieces was anything right now rather than just again, but I hope that wherever it is, it’s Two of the pieces included in the missing. This made Parry realize that voting, which is so important, we did inspiring someone the way it’s inspired reflect more specific details Meet The Moment Art Walk, a public the painting by Kippy Perkins had put out the reward of $100 if the art me to be strong,” Vaughn said. of coal ash contamination in art show on Franklin Street, were been taken as well. is returned that’s missing,” Parry said. and around the Bolin Creek stolen last Wednesday. On Thursday, the Meet The Vaughn, the artist of the [email protected] area, as described by Megan Kimball. Murray Hall makerspace reopens for students Contact Editorial Managing Editor Brandon Standley at: Chelsea Ramsey engineer face shields. Local Staff Writer volunteers, medical school students [email protected] and vendors worked with BeAM with issues about this policy. After adapting to COVID-19 members to produce over 40,000 guidelines and assessing weekly face shields, the majority of which infection levels, the BeAM makerspace were purchased by UNC Health. reopened last week for all UNC As the fall semester approached, students at its Murray Hall location. Langley said the BeAM organization Previously, the space was only open began assessing how it would restore to researchers and students in specific different user groups to the makerspaces. classes, even creating a new opportunity Audrey Bousquet, a junior for community service. The space studying biology, said she has been has now been modified according to using the BeAM location in Murray COVID-19 guidelines, with newly Hall since August as part of an implemented systems of reservations applied sciences course. and online trainings, giving all students “We talk in class about designing the opportunity to use the space. and prototyping, and we work in DTH/AUSTIN WANG BeAM Director Kenny Langley groups to do projects and stuff, and so Junior Jimmy Toole finishes a wood piece for a guitar stand in the recently said the makerspaces have been far, we’ve learned how to use different re-opened BeAM makerspace within Murray Hall on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. changing in response to the machines in the makerspace,” she said. community’s different needs in light In order to open up to all a 6-foot distance from other users. “We want the space to be open to of the pandemic since early March. undergraduate students, Langley Emily Chatelain, a student everyone, for everyone to not only “We started to get requests from said the BeAM spaces have made program assistant in the BeAM space, have access to the space for classes and makers across campus that wanted adjustments that feature an updated said the adjustments have changed research and entrepreneurship, but to come in and start producing website with online trainings and an the responsibilities of her job. Now also personal projects,” Chatelain said. PPE,” Langley said. “Some people online reservation system. that most of the trainings are online, For Bousquet, the BeAM spaces are wanted to produce ventilators, or As part of its COVID-19 safety she said she is mostly available to an interesting and unique part of UNC. they wanted to make things that they guidelines, the Murray Hall BeAM answer questions of patrons and She said once the semester is over, she The Daily Tar Heel anticipated would have an impact, location has established a maximum monitor the BeAM space. plans to go back to the makerspaces but we had to be careful.” capacity of eight patrons. Each patron She said new norms for the reopening and continue her trainings in order to Established 1893 Langley said BeAM members who enters the BeAM spaces must of the BeAM space will balance between work on different projects. 127 years of editorial freedom worked with an applied physical wear an appropriate, multilayered adding to the UNC community and sciences professor at UNC to mask, wash their hands and maintain taking user safety into consideration. [email protected] The Daily Tar Heel Opinion Wednesday, November 4, 2020 3 EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS EDITOR’S NOTE: COLUMN ABBAS HASAN LIAM BENDEZU Columns, cartoons and letters ABHISHEK SHANKAR MICHAEL BEAUREGARD do not necessarily represent the Established 1893, 127 years of editorial freedom ADITI KHAROD MUBASHSHIR KHAN opinions of The Daily Tar Heel COVID-19 AYSHA DIALLO NASIHA RIZWAN or its staff. 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Self-care and community are more important than ever ast week, it was my 22nd s you wake up Wednesday morning, birthday! But nobody remember to take care of yourselves, Lcares about that. Here’s Aand each other. This election has something more intriguing: two been emotionally taxing for, well, most of us, weeks ago, Kim Kardashian turned and it’s not over yet. 40. That’s what people care about! There’s a lot to unpack: widespread voter Or do they? suppression, the absurdity of the Electoral The Kardashian family is an College, the questions of, “How did we get interesting phenomenon. No here?” and, “What’s next?” member of that family is even But for now, give yourself a break. Rest. remotely talented enough to justify Mourn. Breathe. Check in on your loved ones, the fascination with them. They especially your Black friends. Your LGBTQ+ have done pretty much nothing of friends. Their fears are real. substance in the more than a decade Professors, have empathy for your students that they have been in the public eye. right now. Adjust your expectations, and make Their popularity has flourished accommodations wherever necessary. Many of despite the scores of people who us need time to process, and school is the last publicly hate them, including thing on our minds. Marginalized students are the creator of a Google Chrome feeling this particularly deeply — hold space extension that blocks any mention of for them while they focus on issues beyond the family from the internet, and the their classes. thousands of people who engaged The coming days and weeks will be hard DTH/MORGAN PIROZZI with the sentiment, “Everything for many of us. There’s a lot that’s out of our Volunteers at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church polling location take a break to talk and I know about the Kardashians I control — but the one thing we can do is be catch up during some of the down time during election day on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. learned against my will.” gentle and kind, with ourselves and with So if everyone hates them, why do others. Here are some tips: book, your favorite Netflix show or a cathartic heightened tensions and the potential for we keep watching? Spotify playlist, do your best to keep your violence. If you attend a protest, take the A 2010 study by P. David Marshall Set social media boundaries if you need mind occupied. necessary precautions, and please, don’t go from Australia’s Deakin University to. Close Twitter and take a deep breath, then alone. Your Black and brown friends may be argued celebrities hold such a firm come back when you feel ready. Think of the positives in state and local scared to go out in public this week — offer to grasp over the public in part because races. Record voter turnout in North Carolina. drop off food or groceries if they need them. celebrity serves as a “pedagogical aid Lean on your support system. Community Four more years of a Democratic governor, We cannot grow complacent. Stay vigilant, in the discourse of the self.” is crucial right now. whose leadership is critical amid the COVID- and continue to uplift the voices of those In other words, watching 19 pandemic. organizing and doing critical activist work. everything celebrities do, say, wear Focus on the basics. Sleep, food, water. Support them in whatever way you can. and eat teaches us who we are, Please, stay safe. This election isn’t over, And, above all, remember: a better world what we like and how we should (or Find a distraction. Whether it’s a good and as the final votes are tallied, be wary of is still possible. shouldn’t) behave. The Kardashians offer nothing to the American public but their perfectly curated lives, and we lap it up eagerly. COLUMN But recently, the veneer seems to have shattered. Since the COVID- 19 pandemic began, the American Stop politicizing public has collectively grown tired of watching celebrities try to sympathize with us from their reproductive health multimillion dollar homes. It began with the tone-deaf video Rajee Ganesan may increase such constraints. in March that featured Gal Gadot and is a junior majoring in Lawmakers and judges enacting other famous Hollywooders singing quantitative biology. these harmful, restrictive laws “Imagine” by John Lennon because, are generally negligent of the as Gadot wrote in her Instagram caption, “We are in this together.” email: rganesan@ fundamentals of reproductive JOHN GALAPON live.unc.edu science. Restrictive abortion laws ban Next to enter the arena of abortion as early as after six weeks absurdity was Ellen DeGeneres, who of pregnancy in states like Ohio, came under fire after she complained ith the confirmation Georgia, Louisiana and Missouri. that social distancing was like “being of Amy Coney Barrett However, a majority of people in jail.” The difference, of course, is to the U.S. Supreme who would attempt to seek that DeGeneres lives in a mansion, W while prisons and jails host some of Court, the future of Roe v. Wade has abortions may not even realize Interested in writing a letter to the editor or submitting an op-ed? the largest COVID-19 outbreaks in become a top concern. Barrett has that they are pregnant by that Email 500 word or less submissions: [email protected] opined on the issue before, hinting at point, and although these works of the country. potential ways that a future Supreme legislation are labeled “heartbeat Most recently, Kim Kardashian Court may allow states to pass more bills,” no heart exists in an embryo when a person determines that Life, a pro-life movement, claimed threw her 40th birthday bash on a restrictions on abortion. at that stage of development. they wanted an abortion but faced science is on the side of the anti- private island. This, too, sparked The attempt to restrict abortions significant obstacles to obtaining care abortion movement. However, the universal backlash. People made across the United States is one that Fetal development — which is exacerbated by restrictive science behind reproductive health jokes and generally lambasted her attempts to use science to justify legislation. In either case, laws that points to anything but. Abortion has insensitivity at a time when COVID- denying individuals their basic The argument that life starts limit the circumstances under which been consistently proven to be safe, 19 cases are still on the rise. rights, endangering lives across the with fertilization is weak. The same abortion can legally occur violate and fetal tissue research, an issue Kim K’s private island party may country. However, scientific evidence, genetic material that begins with individuals’ autonomy and limit denounced at many anti-abortion be the last nail in the coffin of the cult if anything, proves that abortion is a the fusion of a sperm and an egg access to abortion in cases of medical protests, has led to life-saving of celebrity. The American people are necessary aspect of health care and could go on to develop into not just uncertainty and the possibility of medical advancements, including the facing historic job losses, a deadly should not be restricted in any form. one person, but two or three, or not fetal health abnormalities. development of vaccines for polio, virus, racism and police brutality, a even a person at all. The fetus doesn’t rubella and measles. mental health epidemic and increases Abortion bans develop human-specific brain activity Abortion safety Ultimately, efforts to ban access in intimate partner violence. At a (and therefore, cannot feel pain) until to abortion will not only affect those time when over 30 million adults Abortion bans do not stop about 24 weeks after conception, and The development of abortion able to get pregnant, but create do not have health insurance and 19 abortions. Instead, they simply the vast majority of pregnancies are has also moved away from invasive subsidiary risks for marginalized million Americans do not have fixed make the procedures more terminated well before this. Legal or procedures to safe and effective and low-income individuals. Access broadband access, we have grown dangerous. Each year, about 42 clinical mandates for interventions medication and abortion pills. The to reproductive health care is not weary of the excess of the famous. All million women worldwide choose to inform patients about pain before National Academies of Sciences, a women’s issue — it is a human celebrities are showing us is how out to get abortions. Of these, around this point that a fetus may feel are Engineering and Medicine recently rights issue. of touch they are. 21.6 million are considered unsafe. scientifically incorrect, and they can published a report that reviewed The movement to restrict Celebrity culture has been slowly This results in 47,000 maternal expose those seeking abortions to studies of the risks and long-term abortion is simply a reflection of dying since March. By the time the deaths a year, making it one of risks and further distress. effects of abortion procedures. They the administration’s inability to world emerges from the throes of the leading causes of maternal When an abortion occurs after concluded that legal abortion today understand, trust and implement this pandemic, I suspect it will have mortality. Existing restrictions in the 24-week mark, it is usually due is safe and effective, and that most science into public policy. met its well-deserved end. over half the country already limit to serious health issues that are abortions can be performed safely in access to timely and affordable not evident until later in the fetal an office or clinical setting. @rajeeganesan @aditi_baditi abortions, and future legislation development. This can also occur Earlier this year, the March for [email protected] [email protected] 4 The Daily Tar Heel Election 2020 Wednesday, November 4, 2020 5 Roy Cooper takes lead in New commissioners Who won big in Tuesday State legislature results night’s election: focus on education U.S. House of N.C. Senate North Carolina’s governor race WHY THE N.C. GENERAL ASSEMBLY RACE IS IMPORTANT Renee Price, District 2 Representatives District 23 By Brittany McGee speech and called for people to come economic turmoil caused by the stay-at- Price, the board’s vice chairperson, Policies which will remain in place for Board of Governors together, saying that it is a time for home order. The state began a phased Assistant City and State Editor will serve her third term. Price said • The N.C. General Assembly is in the next decade. • The General Assembly is also in healing in the state. reopening on May 8. the pandemic has brought inequity charge of creating or changing • Under federal law, districts charge of appointing the UNC Gov. Roy Cooper will serve another “It’s time to get beyond political During the sole gubernatorial debate, issues to light, such as the lack of 67.3% 32.7% 31.7% 68.4% the laws of the state. are supposed to have equal System Board of Governors. term after defeating Lt. Gov. Dan Forest differences and ideological differences Forest voiced his criticisms about reliable Wi-Fi access in rural parts of REPUBLICAN DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN DEMOCRAT in Tuesday’s election by a 4.4 point and sometimes even philosophical Cooper’s handling of the pandemic, the county. Price said this is not the population and aren’t allowed • Over half of the Board’s term is margin with 99 percent of precincts differences that separate us and join saying that it harmed North Carolinians Redistricting to discriminate based on race up in 2021, which could lead to a first time a disaster has happened that U.S. Rep. David Price, D-N.C., N.C. Sen. Valerie Foushee, reporting, according to unofficial results. together as the good people of North more than it helped. Forest argued mask has left marginalized communities • The General Assembly will be in or ethnicity. change-up in its composition — Cooper said serving as governor Carolina,” Forest said. mandates are not helpful in slowing was reelected to represent District D-Chatham, Orange, beat her underserved, but she hopes this time charge of redrawing the district • N.C. will most likely be picking up very similar to what happened in has been the honor of his life at the One of the key issues on the ballot the virus, and attributed the loss of 4 over his Republican challenger Republican challenger Tom the county will use it as an opportunity lines for the state legislature a 14th Congressional seat due to the 2010 Republican takeover of Robert Thomas by about 35 points, Glendinning by about 37 points, North Carolina Democratic Party for this election was Cooper’s handling businesses to Cooper’s policies. to make substantial improvements. election night event in Raleigh. He said of the COVID-19 pandemic. On March Meredith Cuomo, executive director and U.S. congressional seats — its increasing population size. the General Assembly. according to unofficial results. according to unofficial results. his time spent visiting communities 17, Cooper issued an executive order that of the North Carolina Democratic Price has represented North Foushee has served as a state across the state showed him that North closed dine-in services at restaurants and Party, said during the election night Amy Fowler, At-Large Carolina’s fourth district, which senator since 2013. Carolinians are resilient. expanded unemployment benefits. By party that Democrats in the state are Fowler, currently vice chairperson of encompasses Orange County, the She said she wants to focus “We are creative,” Cooper said. “We are March 30, there was a statewide stay- dedicated to ending the pandemic. the Carrboro-Chapel HIll City Schools’ majority of Wake County and some on access to broadband internet, innovative, cooperative, inclusive and we at-home order put into effect. “This year has been a year of Board of Education, said providing of Durham County, since 1997. unemployment benefits, affordable do not give up easily. That’s true for the Opposition to Cooper’s pandemic measurable loss — the loss of love, the universal pre-K and renovating the N.C. Senate He is a member of the House housing and equitable and small business owners in the mountains, response arose in the form of the loss of jobs, the loss of connection and county’s schools are some of her long- Appropriations Committee and the affordable education, focusing on the factory workers in Piedmont and the Reopen N.C. movement, which was celebration,” Cuomo said. term goals. She also said she wants chairperson of the Transportation, addressing these issues through the farmers in the East.” formed April 7 on Facebook. The group Craig Just, a 56-year-old from to serve the county by addressing Housing and Urban Development state budget. Forest delivered his concession led protests and rallies highlighting the Statesville, said the COVID-19 immediate needs that arose during the Appropriations Subcommittee. response was one of his main issues in pandemic, such as increasing rental this election. He was concerned about assistance funds and funds to local how the state would move forward with food banks. getting small businesses back on track, N.C. House District 50 N.C. House District 56 lowering the unemployment rate and Mark Dorosin, District 2 UNCONTESTED UNCONTESTED beginning recovering economically. Dorosin, who will serve his third “It’s not as much about the candidates term on the board, said he wants to as it is how we’re dealing with the virus,” make racial justice issues and COVID- Just said. “Precautions are great, but 19 recovery a priority. As of 11:59 on Election Day: 35,646 38,119 closing down counties and cities is not Other goals Dorosin said he has BALLOTS CAST BALLOTS CAST the answer.” for his upcoming term are removing During his victory speech, Cooper Student Resource Officers from schools, In the state Senate, the Republican majority now acknowledged how different this election engaging the youth more in government N.C. Rep. Graig Meyer, N.C. Rep. Verla Insko, D-Orange, has been because of the pandemic and decision-making, expanding community stands at 28 to the Democratic minority’s 22. D-Caswell, Orange, ran unopposed ran unopposed for N.C. House the large number of absentee ballots. college opportunities and creating for N.C. House District 50. District 56. He promised to ensure every vote will another affordable housing bond. Meyer has served four terms Insko has served 12 terms in the be counted. Prior to the election, Republicans controlled 29 in the N.C. House and previously N.C. House of Representatives. “I know that there are a lot of worked as a social worker in public Previously, she served on the Chapel Jean Hamilton, District 2 seats in the state Senate. schools. Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board important races that are too close to call,” Hamilton served as a Chapel Cooper said. “But we must let the process He said he wants to expand of Education and Orange County Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Medicaid in the state, which he said Board of Commissioners. work to be sure that all the legal votes Education member from 2005-2009, are counted.” would provide health care to over Insko said she wants to expand 2010-2011 and in 2019. She said 500,000 North Carolinians and Medicaid and increase minimum addressing the opportunity gap in the Emma Kenfield, Britney Nguyen N.C. House create 43,000 jobs. He said another wage in North Carolina. county schools will be a main focus of focus of his is racial justice and he’s and Alexandra Myers contributed to hers. Racial justice is another issue she this story. sponsored or co-sponsored several wants to address, by establishing a clear bills focusing on education, criminal DTH/ANGELICA EDWARDS plan and metrics to measure if progress justice and elections. Gov. Roy Cooper and First Lady Kristin Cooper announce their victory in the 2020 @brittmcgee21 is being made. election on Nov. 3, 2020 at the N.C. Democratic Party headquarters in Raleigh. [email protected] N.C. Lt. Governor N.C. Attorney General College voters leverage voting power, turn out in record numbers By Michael Taffe where the union voting site has so I thought my vote would matter reported results to the North Carolina was really weird because of COVID As of 11:59 on Election Day: 51.7% 48.3% 50.1% 49.9% Data Editor been contentious,” Davis said. “It’s more there than here.” State Board of Elections by midnight and not knowing where they’d be at REPUBLICAN DEMOCRAT DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN extremely convenient, and obviously, Christina Farag, a UNC sophomore on election night, an unknown number the time of voting.” Voters between the ages of 18 and people in the community come to vote from New York, said she chose to vote of mail-in ballots remain to be counted. Dennis said while they let students In the state House, the Republican majority now Republican Mark Robinson Democrat incumbent Josh Stein is 29 turned out in record numbers this a lot too. You know, it’s a drop of blue on Election Day at the on-campus And the extent to which these are know they could choose where to vote, won the position of N.C. lieutenant leading Republican challenger Jim year, helped in part by efforts from in a sea of red. It’s interesting to see precinct at the Stone Center to avoid ballots mailed by North Carolina they didn’t encourage them to vote in stands at 69 to the Democratic minority’s 51. governor against Democrat Yvonne O’Neill by less than one point in a race administrators and activists to help how it plays out.” complication with mail-in voting. college students remains to be seen. a specific county. Holley by about 3 points, according that is too close to call, according to North Carolina college students navigate Over 83 percent of voters chose “Just because of all the issues that Macki Snyder is an assistant director “We let students know what their to unofficial results. unofficial results. voting during the COVID-19 pandemic. to vote by mail or early in person were happening with the Postal Service for Leadership & Outreach for the options are and encourage them to Prior to the election, Republicans controlled 65 The lieutenant governor serves The attorney general represents College students took advantage this year. Nicholas Batman, director and ballots not getting to where they’re Appalachian & Community Together make the decision that’s best for them.” seats in the state House. as the president of the state Senate. all state government agencies, of early voting at significantly higher of the Civic Engagement Action supposed to be. There was also a huge foundation at ASU. She said changes to Robinson was a medical specialist departments and commissions in rates this election — youth turnout in Coalition at the UNC Institute of thing in New York, where like people’s the academic calendar made it difficult David Richman contributed in the Army Reserve and has legal matters, provides legal opinions early and mail-in voting more than Politics, said encouraging students mail-in ballots just weren’t getting for student voters to plan ahead. reporting. worked in manufacturing and as to state leadership and initiates court doubled compared to 2016. to vote early was a focus of their get there, and I didn’t want to risk that “We tried to have students think a small business owner. According proceedings on behalf of the state in “Our work really transitioned to a lot out the vote efforts. happening,” Farag said. through what would be the best @MichaelJTaffe to his website, he wants to defend matters of public interest. of digital and virtual engagement,” Alex “I think the primary thing we’ve While all but one precinct had situation for them,” she said. “And it [email protected] GOP maintains control of N.C. legislature the Second Amendment, improve Stein served in the N.C. Senate Dennis, assistant director at the Center been trying to do along with some veteran care in North Carolina and from 2009 to 2016, and won the for Leadership and Civic Engagement other groups on campus is to really CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 stand up for law enforcement. position of attorney general by less at East Carolina University, said. bring attention to early voting,” than one percent in 2016. “While our students are taking a lot Batman said. “We have these two huge North Carolina became infamous of online courses, our campus is not weeks where people can same-day for its gerrymandering, which closed. Our one-stop voting site in the register and vote with smaller lines courts said targeted Black voters N.C. Superintendent N.C. Commissioner of student center has been really popular.” and shorter waiting periods.” with “surgical precision.” The This was the first year that UNC had College students are one of the only gerrymandered districts gave of Public Instruction Labor an on-campus precinct at the Sonja groups that can choose where they the party a super majority, Mac Haynes Stone Center. Nearly all major vote. Students have the option to either McCorkle, public policy professor universities in North Carolina have an vote at their college address or at their at Duke and former Democratic on-campus precinct this election. But for home address. political consultant, said. 51.4% 48.6% 50.8% 49.1% some, it has been a point of contention. Batman said he observed a lot of REPUBLICAN DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN DEMOCRAT Appalachian State University students choosing to vote at home administrators claimed the on-campus rather than in Orange County. “Democrats have a lot Republican Catherine Truitt won Democrat Jessica Holmes won site would increase COVID-19 risks, “We’re seeing a lot of students start of easy wins...their votes against Democrat Jen Mangrum by against Republican Josh Dobson while the Watauga County Board to vote in their home counties, and this aren’t as well spread out.” 2.8 points, according to unofficial by just under 2 points, according to of Elections argued the site was is probably because North Carolina results. unofficial results. very popular and was necessary to has one of the most dynamic political Mac McCorkle The state superintendent oversees Former Commissioner of Labor accommodate higher turnout. landscapes of any state,” Batman said. Duke public policy professor DTH/YATES MCCONNELL the North Carolina’s Department of Cherie Berry, who had held the “The student union has become “Every state senator matters, every Public Instruction. position since 2001, did not run for ground zero for college students’ state representative matters, every NCGOP Chairperson Michael Whatley speaks at the NCGOP’s election night “They’ve been fixed by the state party in Raleigh on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 as results are announced. Truitt is the chancellor of Western reelection this year. voting rights and just convenience,” local policy maker matters.” courts to certain extent, but also Governors University North Holmes is a Wake County ASU Student Body President Michael UNC senior Jonathan Sevier is one Democrats have a lot of easy wins, A Republican-controlled state congratulations might signal an Carolina. She said social workers, Commissioner. She said as Davis said. of those students. He went home to and they win by bigger margins, and legislature will now have to continue increased interest in negotiating school nurses, school psychologists commissioner, she has focused on The State Board of Elections brought Iredell County to vote early. thus, their votes aren’t as well spread working with a Democratic governor differences over the next two years,” and school resource officers need workers’ rights and leading policies the on-campus early voting site at “I could choose to register here or out,” McCorkle said. “Some people on issues like health care, civil rights Kokai said. more funding. She said she wants that benefit working families. Appalachian to a vote in October, at home,” he said, “but it seemed like a call it wasted.” and the environment. to raise teacher pay for all teachers, ultimately deciding to keep it in place. hassle to change registration addresses, DTH/CHRIS OCANA These legislative super majorities were “Senate leader Phil Berger’s @kecarpenter1 especially veteran teachers. “I see this every election cycle, and my home district was more purple, A UNC student turns in his ballot on Nov. 3, 2020 at The Sonja Haynes Stone Center, the polling location for students. broken after the 2016 and 2018 elections. decision to single out Cooper for [email protected] 6 Wednesday, November 4, 2020 Election The Daily Tar Heel How officials are keeping votes secure By Guillermo Molero Senior Writer

Election security has been a major talking point throughout the past few months, especially as the pandemic led to a drastic increase in mail-in ballots being cast compared to previous years. Despite these concerns, election officials across the state remain confident that existing safeguards and new changes made in the wake of the pandemic will maintain the integrity of the election. Here are some ways North Carolina is working to make this election safe and secure.

Adapting to more absentee and early voting County boards of elections had to scale up operations to keep up with the pace of increased absentee and early ballots cast. Gary Sims, Wake County’s director of elections, said the state’s extension of the time frame, during which county boards can process mail-in ballots, is certainly helping. In June, the N.C. General Assembly allowed counties to DTH/ABIGAIL PITTMAN process mail-in votes five weeks Election signs in the yard of a Johnson County resident on Nov. 2, 2020. One says voters should “save their country” by throwing away ballots for Biden. ahead of Election Day instead of the original three-week window. Jamie Cox, chairperson of Orange Assistance Commission per state regulation, are machine. Then, this data is collected, He said the county has had County’s Board of Elections, said Orange tested and prepared for Election Day. recorded onto an encrypted data stick and to scale up all of its elections County has done the same. He said mail-in He said hundreds of thousands of test ballots sent to the State Board of Elections so the operations, from bringing on more ballots themselves have built-in protections were run through the machines before people data can be added to its elections portal. staff and volunteers to increasing against fraud. even began voting. This tested all of the different the sizes of the county board’s Each ballot, he said, is marked with a combinations of votes that could possibly be cast How confident should voters be? office space and early voting sites. serial number that is directly connected to to check if the machines were recording the He said the state made federal a voter’s record, which is kept track of in correct results. Sims said he has not seen anything near the CARES Act funding available to an electronic poll book. As soon as a voter’s Once a polling site opens, all of the activities amount of voter fraud that has been alleged by the North Carolina State Board ballot is mailed in and their vote is counted, occurring within it are observed by a body of others. But he acknowledged that fraud is still a of Elections — totaling almost the voter is removed from the system and bipartisan poll watchers and trained officials. concern that needs to be addressed. $11 million — to allow for these can no longer vote again, either by mail or After the final vote is cast at a polling site, the “There are always people that could expansions, which was then in person. public is able to observe how poll workers have and do have bad intentions,” he said. funneled down to the different close up the machines and begin the final “So that’s why we have to make sure we’re county elections boards. Counting votes and keeping them safe tabulation process. constantly putting in as many safeguards as “It was really just a matter of scale, He said the paper ballots are counted, we can to make sure that people’s votes are and we kept scaling up the whole time The process of counting and processing votes then locked away so they can later be counted and they are properly counted.” as we realized the volume was going to begins long before Election Day. recounted and audited if necessary. The increase,” Sims said. “That was really Sims said voting machines in North Carolina, results are tabulated and recorded on @gmolero1 the biggest thing here.” which must be certified by the U.S. Election different data tapes, one for each voting [email protected] Dems gain two congressional seats North Carolina contributes to uncertainty in election they are,” he said. “For a precinct CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 chair with 1,400 students in his precinct, that leaves me feeling “Unfortunately, that is not very vulnerable in terms of, are unusual,” he said. “Younger we really gonna get a turnout.” voters vote in lower numbers North Carolina is a swing than older voters. And it looks state. Jason Roberts, a UNC like an election that is no political science professor different from others, as far as and Orange County Board of that matter goes” Elections member, said if either Charles Coble, a precinct presidential candidate is winning co-chairperson for East by three or four percentage Franklin, said the precinct has points, that bodes well for them been struggling to get students throughout the country. to vote. He said although almost But he said if either candidate all of the adults in the precinct is winning by a close margin, it have voted, as of Monday, over doesn’t say a lot about how other 1,000 students in the precinct states will look. hadn’t voted. Election results for North He said he thinks the Carolina will be certified Nov. 24. DTH/ANGELICA EDWARDS pandemic has caused confusion Phillips said with Trump Rep. David Price, D-N.C., who represents District 4 in the U.S. House, speaks outside of the N.C. among college-aged voters. projected to win other Democratic Headquarters in Raleigh on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 as end results are announced. “Once upon a time, they were in sunbelt states like Florida By Kayleigh Carpenter seat from the redistricting. dormitories and they were nearby and potentially Georgia, the Assistant City & State Editor “We can work together and get things back on and you could grab them on campus presidential race might come track with a new sense of leadership in Washington, and on the streets downtown, but down to Pennsylvania, which, In 2019, after a ruling by the North Carolina D.C.,” Ross said. “And this can be bipartisan. We all now downtown Chapel Hill is unlike North Carolina, could Supreme Court, the state redistricted its 13 need the same basic services from our government. empty,” he said. “Now, finding the not begin counting absentee congressional seats. As a result, Democrats gained She said the country needs leadership that leads students to be able to encourage ballots until Election Day. two seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. with compassion and who can work across the aisle. them to vote is challenging.” “There could be some real The N.C. Supreme Court stated in its ruling that Rep. David Price, D-N.C. for District 4, said Coble compared this election drama,” he said. “It could all the N.C. General Assembly created the 2017 legislative Democrats had a lot of work to do these past years, to 2008, when former President come down to that one state maps with intent which favored the Republican Party. but he looks forward to going on the offensive and Barack Obama won North Pennsylvania, and we might be, It further stated the assembly used “surgical making the country stronger. Carolina by about 14,000 votes. you know, waiting for the next precision” in order to create lines based on partisan “I can’t wait to get to work in Washington He said this was because of two or three days to see who criteria and purposefully pack Democratic votes to to restore America’s role as a world leader in students in the UNC System, wins that state, and that might dilute their voting strength. our alliances — so much has been allowed to at schools like UNC-Chapel then be the determinator of who The U.S. Supreme Court previously ruled the deteriorate,” Price said. Hill, N.C. State University, wins the White House.” enacted maps were “blatant examples of partisanship The Republicans unofficially kept control of the Appalachian State University driving districting decisions.” However, it said N.C. General Assembly in the election and will be in and UNC-Pembroke. City & State Senior Writer while the court doesn’t condone excessive partisan charge of redistricting the both the state legislature “Obama only won those Audrey Selley contributed gerrymandering, it was out of reach of the Court and the U.S. congressional seats. counties because of students, reporting to this story. because there was no constitutional directive. and now the students aren’t Rep. Deborah Ross, D-N.C. for District 2, was @kecarpenter1 on campuses or in the dorms @sonjarao one of the Democrats who gained a congressional [email protected] — we’re not exactly sure where [email protected] The Daily Tar Heel Election 2020 Wednesday, November 4, 2020 7 BOCC race shaped by local endorsements By Kayla Guilliams CHALT is an organization founded “We (CHALT) felt that the schools Hamilton said she welcomes and be receptive to community Staff Writer in 2014 that advocates for what it were not receiving the attention from endorsements from groups that align input when considering who and considers to be responsible growth in the commissioners that we felt they with her views, but they won’t dictate who not to endorse. However, Rich The Orange County Board of County Chapel Hill. deserved,” McClintock said. her decision-making. said CHALT was particularly critical Commissioners general election is “We just want to see Chapel Hill In response, Rich said the In addition to endorsing towards her. On its website, CHALT uncontested after a decisive primary better,” Julie McClintock, a programs commission generally designates candidates, CHALT criticized those said Rich was unwilling to consider election. The election was largely coordinator with CHALT, said half of the county operating budget they didn’t endorse, incumbents new information and was dismissive influenced by the endorsements of two Save Orange Schools is a group to the school system. However, she Dorosin, Marcoplos and Rich, saying of citizen input. Rich said claims that local groups: the Chapel Hill Alliance formed in 2020 in response said the schools had an undesignated they haven’t prioritized the schools. she isn’t collaborative aren’t true. for a Livable Town (CHALT) and Save to concerns over CHCCS fund balance of over $11 million and They also criticized them because they Rich said moving forward, she Orange Schools. infrastructure. The group supports questioned why it hadn’t been used by supported the Durham-Orange Light hopes the commissioners continue The board will be welcoming two prioritizing funding for school the school for maintenance. Rail project, a project shut down in to serve as a body that represents new commissioners, Amy Fowler maintenance and safety. Both CHALT and Save Orange 2019 that CHALT opposed. everyone in Orange County. and Jean Hamilton, this fall after Both organizations endorsed Schools have affiliated political “And I think the candidates we “Orange County has an amazing incumbents Penny Rich and Mark Fowler for the at-large seat and action committees: the Chapel Hill endorsed are outstanding on that scale, staff,” she said. “And the commissioners Marcoplos were unseated in the Hamilton for a District 1 seat, Leadership PAC and the Save Orange and I don’t think we’ve always seen need to be there for everybody, not March 3 primary. primarily because they prioritize Schools PAC. According to campaign that from our current commissioners,” just the people that look like them or Incumbent Renee Price, vice school maintenance and education. finance records, neither of the PACs McClintock said. believe in their values.” chairperson of the BOCC, ran CHALT also endorsed Price, who ran made direct contributions to Fowler’s CHALT also took into consideration unopposed for the District 2 seat. unopposed for the District 2 seat. or Hamilton’s campaigns. the candidates’ abilities to collaborate [email protected]

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© 2015 The Mepham Group. All rights reserved. 8 Wednesday, November 4, 2020 Election 2020 The Daily Tar Heel North Carolina on Election Day People across North Carolina prepared on Tuesday for an Election Day like no other. Polls in North Carolina remained largely unattended due to high early voter turnout. Poll workers still greeted voters throughout the evening. Some volunteers even set up booths offering refreshments and personal protective equipment for voters. While poll workers were volunteering for the final voters, businesses across the Triangle and the state prepared for potential protests and general unrest in the evening. Police swarmed the streets of Raleigh and worked throughout the night to keep demonstrators off the streets of downtown. Police officers declared the protest an “unlawful assembly in violation of North Carolina law.” After some protesters pushed a trash can into one of the jeeps full of Raleigh police officers, policemen jumped out and started pinning people down, as seen in the photo to the left. As election results continue DTH/MAKAYLA KEY to come in, future days of Volunteers from The Black & Brown Women’s Voting Initiative greet voters and hand out refreshments outside of Bluford Elementary in Greensboro. unrest and protest are possible.

DTH/CALLI WESTRA DTH/CALLI WESTRA A piece of an American flag burns on a street in downtown Raleigh Raleigh police officers pin down demonstrators while clearing the streets of downtown Raleigh during during protests on election night on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. the election night protests on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.

DTH/ANGELINA KATSANIS DTH/MORGAN PIROZZI Black Lives Matter flags wave above Carrboro Town Hall on Election Day Bill McNairy, chief judge at the Ridgefield precinct, welcomes voters at the Binkley Memorial Baptist Church morning, even after being told by NCSBE that they should be removed. polling location on Nov. 3, 2020. McNairy has been volunteering during elections in Orange County since 2000.