NAACP Voter Guide: Who’s With You?

ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES

The Republican legislators who now control the NC General Assembly got elected in 2010 when most voters stayed home. They redrew their districts to make it easier to get re-elected in 2012. Then they passed dozens of laws that hurt : they gave tax breaks to the rich but big cuts to public education, health care, unemployment assistance, and more. They also want to make it harder for you to vote. It all began in 2010 when they won with support from just 1 out of 4 eligible voters, because most voters didn’t show up. DON’T SIT OUT 2014! Tell others: Vote! Elections Matter! Photo by Phil Fonville

U.S. SENATE CONTEST U.S. HOUSE CONTESTS

The winner of the U.S. Senate contest in NC could SEE THE MAP BELOW FOR YOUR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT determine which political party controls the Senate. Vote in your district’s contest. See more districts on the next page The Senate can block the President’s appointments Republican candidates appear first in each partisan race on the ballot. for the U.S. Supreme Court and other courts; it also Current Members are in color: Republicans and Democrats. adopts laws and the U.S. budget affecting everyone. District 1 (choose one) District 2 (choose one)

ARTHUR RICH (R) G.K. BUTTERFIELD (D) RENEE ELLMERS (R) CLAY AIKENS (D)

Republican Democrat “Take steps to increase Strong supporter of “Limit the growth of the “Fight for North Caro- respect for educators” Affordable Care Act federal government.” linians, not a party.” NC House Speaker Thom Tillis is running against U.S. Senator Kay Hagan in the most expensive race in District 3 (choose one) District 4 (choose one) decades. As House Speaker, Tillis pushed through extreme measures to achieve his stated goals: Re- duce regulations of business, give public funds to private academies, reduce taxes on corporations, reduce service programs to, he said, “divide and conquer” to pit groups in need against each other.

Some important differences: Tillis Hagan

• Raise federal minimum wage NO YES WALTER JONES (R) MARSHALL ADAME (D) PAUL WRIGHT (R) DAVID PRICE (D) • Help working poor get Medicaid NO YES No response to Opposes attack on public “We must de-fund Focus on job growth to • Support new barriers to voting YES NO questionnaires schools, for energy reform Obamacare” assist the middle class • Repeal Racial Justice Act YES NO U.S. House races continued on next page • Make utilities use renewal energy NO YES

• Limit woman’s health services YES NO

• Bipartisan immigration reform bill NO YES • Disclose big money in politics NO YES

• Cut Earned Income Tax Credit YES NO

BALLOT AMENDMENT Look for a Constitution Amendment at the end of your ballot. If a majority of voters agree, it would change the NC Constitution to allow defendants to give up their right to a jury trial and let the judge rule alone. Many worry defendants will be pressed to waive their right to a trial. The controversial This Voter Guide Amendment received very little debate in the is produced by Map of Congres- Legislature. The Durham Affairs on the Affairs the NC NAACP. sional Districts is of Black People and others urge voters to vote Call 919-682-4700 not to scale AGAINST the Constitutional Amendment. for copies. continued from front page, U.S. HOUSE CONTESTS see explanation there

District 5 (choose one) District 8 (choose one) District 11 (choose one)

VIRGINIA FOXX (R) JOSH BRANNON (D) RICHARD HUDSON (R) ANTONIO BLUE (D) MARK MEADOWS(R) TOM HILL (D)

“Get government out of No response to “Stand for conservative “Every veteran must be No response to “Break the gridlock in the way, slash taxes” questionnaires principles and integrity” treated with dignity” questionnaires DC caused by Tea party”

District 6 (choose one) District 9 (choose one) District 12 (choose one)

MARK WALKER (R) LAURA FJELD (D) ROBERT PITTENGER (R) SHAWN ECKLES (U) VINCE COAKLEY (R) ALMA ADAMS (D)

“Reduce taxes on small “Strengthen NC’s public “Works to free business “Chopping government Restore and defend Fights for better wages, businesses, cut spending” education system” from job-killing regulation” has made life worse” freedom, opportunity schools and healthcare

District 7++ (choose one) District 10 (choose one) District 13 (choose one)

DAVID ROUZER (R) JONATHAN BARFIELD(D) PATRICK MCHENRY (R) TATE MACQUEEN (D) (R) BRENDA CLEARY (D)

“Government creates “Support our teachers, “Fight for conservative End tax loopholes, cor- “Big government isn’t Improve Affordable nothing by headaches” support our military” solutions to problems” porate money in politics the answer to problems” Care Act, help schools

++ ALSO IN DISTRICT 7, J. WESLEY CASTEEN is running as a Libertarian candidate against the “tug of war of the legacy political parties.”

SOURCES: Material on candidates on pages 1, 2 and 4 came from the voter guides of Democracy NC, NC Center for Voter Education and State Board of Elections

New Rules for Voting MAPS OF NC GENERAL ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS

►NO straight-party voting: Mark each contest separately. Vote the whole ballot; check the back.

►NO photo ID required: A poll official may ask if you have a photo ID, but you don’t need to show one to vote in 2014.

►NO same-day registration: You MAP OF NC HOUSE must be registered in your home DISTRICTS county by Oct. 10 to vote this fall.

►NO out-of-precinct voting. If you wait until Election Day, you must vote in your home precinct.

►USE Early Voting: The best time to vote is from Oct. 23 to Nov. 1. Officials can provide more help there – and it may rain on Nov. 4!

►USE this Voter Guide: You can take it in the voting booth with you, but don’t leave it behind. MAP OF NC SENATE GET ANSWERS. Go to DISTRICTS www.NCVoter.org or call 888-OUR-VOTE

Contested NC General Assembly Races

The list below gives ONLY the contests involving a Republican v. Democrat, arranged in order of districts. It includes the NUMBER SCORES earned by state legislators from the NC NAACP Report Card based on their votes to help schools, families, people of color, workers, women and the environment. Zero is the worst score. Scores follow names of 2013-14 legislators.

NC Legislative Districts Within 1 or 2 Counties (S=Senate district, H=House district; Score=NAACP Grade; 0 is worst score)

District Republican versus Democrat County District Republican versus Democrat County S- 9 Michael Lee Eliz. Redenbaugh New Hanover H- 50 Rod Chaney Graig Meyer Durham, Orange S- 13 Bernard White Jane Smith Columbus, Robeson H- 51 Mike Stone - 0 Brad Salmon Harnett, Lee S- 15 John Alexander, Jr. Tom Bradshaw Wake H- 53 David Lewis - 3 Susan Byerly Harnett S- 16 Molotov Mitchell Josh Stein - 95 Wake H- 54 Andy Wilkie Robert Reives II Chatham, Lee S- 17 Tamara Barringer - 0 Bryan Fulghum Wake H- 55 - 0 Kim Hargett Anson, Union S- 18 - 0 Sarah Crawford Franklin, Wake H- 56 Dave Carter Verla Insko - 96 Orange S- 19 - 0 Billy Richardson Cumberland H- 59 - 0 Scott Jones Guilford S- 23 Mary Lopez-Carter - 95 Chatham, Orange H- 61 - 5 Ron Weatherford Guilford S- 26 Phil Berger - 0 William Osbourne Guilford, Rock. H- 62 - 10 Sal Leone Guilford S- 29 Jerry Tilman - 0 Tommy Davis Moore, Randolph H- 63 Steve Ross - 3 Ian Blatutis Alamance S- 31 John Motsinger Forsyth, Yadkin H- 65 - 0 Elretha Perkins Caswell, Rock. S- 38 Richard Rivette Joel Ford - 80 Mecklenburg H- 67 - 0 Nalin Mehta Montg., Stanly S- 41 - 5 Latrice McRae Mecklenburg H- 70 - 3 Wesley Fennell Randolph S- 46 - 5 Emily Church Burke, Cleveland H- 71 Kris McCann - 90 Forsyth S- 49 Mark Crawford Buncombe H- 74 - 0 Mary Dickinson Forsyth H- 2 Ray Jeffers Granville, Person H- 75 - 0 David Gordon Forsyth H- 8 Susan Martin - 0 Bobi Gregory Pitt, Wilson H- 79 Julia Howard - 0 Cristina Vazquez Davie, Forsyth H- 9 Brian Brown - 5 Uriah Ward Pitt H- 82 15 Earle Schecter Cabarrus H- 11 Ray Martin Duane Hall - 95 Wake H- 84 Rena Turner - 0 Gene Mahaffey Iredell H- 13 Pat McElraft - 0 Jim Nolan Carteret, Jones H- 86 - 9 Jim Cates Burke H- 16 Chris Millis - 5 Steve Unger Onslow, Pender H- 88 - 0 Marge Storch Mecklenburg H- 17 - 0 Charles Warren Brunswick H- 90 Sarah Stevens - 0 John Wiles Surry, Wilkes H- 20 Rick Catlin - 5 Betsy Jordan New Hanover H- 92 Charles Jeter - 30 Robin Bradford Mecklenburg

H- 31 Todd Conard Mickey Michaux - 100 Durham H- 93 - 9 Sue Counts Ashe, Watauga H- 33 Perry Whitlock - 100 Wake H- 96 Cliff Moone Catawba H- 35 Chris Malone - 7 Brian Mountcastle Wake H- 97 - 0 Rosemary Hubbard Lincoln H- 36 - 10 Lisa Baker Wake H- 98 John Bradford Mecklenburg H- 38 Joe Thompson Yvonne Holley - 100 Wake H- 106 Trey Lowe -87 Mecklenburg H- 40 - 0 Margaret Broadwell Wake H- 111 Tim Moore - 0 Nick Carpenter Cleveland H- 41 - 2 Wake H- 112 - 0 Lisa Bralley Burke, Ruthfd. H- 44 Richard Button - 96 Cumberland H- 115 Nathan Ramsey - 5 Buncombe H- 49 Gary Pendleton Kim Hanchette Wake H- 116 - 0 Brian Turner Buncombe

NC Legislative Districts Spanning 3 or More Counties (S=Senate district, H=House district; Score=NAACP Grade; 0 is the worst score) Hot Issues in the

District Republican versus Democrat Counties General Assembly

Beaufort, Camden, Currituck, Dare, The NC NAACP’s policy agenda focuses on “the S- 1 Bill Cook - 0 Gates, Hyde, Pasquotank, Perquimans good of whole.” But each part of that agenda is S- 2 Norm Sanderson - 0 Carr Ipock Carteret, Craven, Pamlico under attack by extremist leaders in Raleigh. Here S- 4 Richard Scott Angela Bryant - 95 Halifax, Nash, Vance, Warren, Wilson are a few examples of why we must vote this year: S- 7 Louis Pate - 0 Erik Anderson Lenoir, Pitt, Wayne ►Pro-labor, anti-poverty policies. Republican law- Bladen, Brunswick, New makers slashed benefits for unemployed workers S- 8 - 3 Ernie Ward Hanover, Pender and cut funds for housing and safety-net programs. S- 10 Brent Jackson - 5 Donald Rains Duplin, Johnston, Sampson S- 12 Ronald Rabin - 0 Joe Langley Harnett, Johns., Lee ►Tax fairness. While it cut taxes for the rich and S- 22 Herman Joubert Mike Woodard - 93 Caswell, Durham, Person corporations, the GOP repealed the Earned Income S- 25 Tom McInnis Gene McLaurin - 41 Anson, Rich., Rowan Scotland, Stanly Tax Credit that helped 900,000 working families.

S- 30 Shirley Randleman - 0 Eva Ingle Stokes, Surry, Wilkes ►Educational equality. GOP leaders are starving S- 34 Andrew Brock - 0 Connie Johnson Davie, Iredell, Rowan public education, chasing away good teachers, and Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, shifting public money to private academies.

S- 45 - 0 Jim Sponenberg Watauga ►Healthcare for all. Programs that help women S- 48 - 0 Rick Wood Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania and children’s health are being cut, and federal Cher., Clay, Graham, Haywood, Medicaid coverage for 500,000 is being refused! S- 50 Jim Davis - 0 Jane Hipps Jackson, Macon, Swain ►Fairness in the criminal justice system. Despite Camden, Chowan, Currituck, clear evidence that racism in the judicial system is H- 1 - 0 Garry Meiggs Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell putting innocent Black men on death row, the H- 3 - 5 Whit Whitley Beaufort, Craven, Pamlico legislature repealed the Racial Justice Act. H- 5 Sidney Pierce Howard Hunter III Bertie, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank H- 6 Mattie Lawson - 65 Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Washington ►Protect and expand voting rights. The legislature H- 22 Ken Smith - 37 Bladen, Johnston, Sampson passed H-589 to make voting harder for African Americans, youth and others the GOP fears. H- 46 - 61 Bladen, Columbus, Robeson H- 85 Josh Dobson - 5 JR Edwards Avery, McDowell, Mitchell ►Environmental justice. After tons of ash from a H- 113 Chris Whitmire - 10 Norm Bossert Henderson, Polk, Transylvania Duke Energy coal plant spilled into the Dan River, the H- 118 Michele Presnell - 0 Dean Hicks Haywood, Madison, Yancey legislature is only making Duke clean up 4 of its 14 ash dumps, and it can move the mess to a poor community. H- 119 - 85 Haywood, Jackson, Swain

Judges have tremendous power over everything that family, health, property, taxes, worker’s safety, the environment

affects your life. The NC Constitution gives you the power to elect and more. The NC Supreme Court is the state’s top court; it has 7 judges. But you will not see party labels by their names on the members who each serve 8-year terms. A majority will be elected ballot; these are nonpartisan contests. The Court of Appeals hears this year to this Court. Read the candidates’ quotes and endorse- appeals from the District and Superior Courts on issues related to ments, then make your choice of one candidate for each seat.

The NC Supreme Court The NC Court of Appeals

Contest for Chief Justice (choose one) Seat 1 (choose one) Because a judge retired and created a vacant seat after the primary, there are 19 candidates and whoever gets the most votes wins.

MARK MARTIN* OLA M. LEWIS MARION CHUCK JOHN M. ELIZABETH TRICIA

WARREN WINFREE TYSON D. SCOTT SHIELDS Endorsed by 5 former NC “I’m committed to fairness chief justices; NC Assn. of impartiality, an independ- “Rights & liberties My career shows Endorsed by NC Endorsed by “Apply the law Educators; NC Advocates ent judiciary and abiding must be defended” diligence, fairness Republican Party Lauch Faircloth fairly to all”

Justice (See * below) by the Constitution”

Seat 1: Associate Justice (choose one)

JODY MARTY HUNTER KEISCHA ANN

NEWSOME MARTIN MURPHY LOVELACE** KIRBY

Accepts no PAC Endorsed by Nan Endorsed by Everyone should Decide cases

donations or Hannah, past pres. Curtis Cochran, by treated with without regard

BOB HUNTER SAM J. ERVIN IV* endorsements Wake Co. Bar Assn. Swain Co. Sheriff dignity & respect to wealth, status

“My judicial philosophy is Endorsed by past Chief to be fair to all who appear Justices Henry Frye, Jim before me and do justice Exum and Burley Mitchell; in the decisions I render” NC Assn. of Educators

Seat 2: Associate Justice (choose one)

ABE SABRA JEAN LORI G. JOHN S. VALERIE J. JONES FAIRES CHRISTIAN ARROWOOD ZACHARY

Fairness, honesty, Endorsed by Sen. Has the ability to Endorsed by NC Brings a differ- strong work ethic Fletcher Hartsell easily learn new AFL-CIO; Equality ent judicial

& legal knowledge & Sen. Joel Ford areas of the law NC PAC; Educators perspective

Also candidates: Daniel Patrick Donahue, J. Brad Donovan, Jeffrey M. Cook and Betsy Bunting.

ERIC LEVINSON ROBIN HUDSON* They did not submit endorsements or philosophy statements to Democracy NC voter guides.

Endorsed by past Chief Jus- Endorsed by NC Police Bene- tice I. Beverly Lake and NC volent Assn.; NC Assn. of Seat 2 (choose one) Seat 4 (choose one) Fraternal Order of Police Women Attorneys

Seat 3: Associate Justice (choose one)

BILL LUCY PAUL MARK SOUTHERN INMAN** HOLCOMBE DAVIS**

Endorsed by NC Endorsed by NC Assn. of Endorsed by NC Endorsed by NC Assn. Fraternal Order of Educators; NC Police Bene- Troopers Associ- of Educators; Police MIKE ROBINSON CHERI BEASLEY* Police volent Assn.; NC AFL-CIO ation Benevolent Assn. Endorsed by past Chief Jus- Endorsed by NC Assn. of tice I. Beverly Lake and NC Educators; NC Police Bene- Fraternal Order of Police volent Assn.; NC AFL-CIO Seat 3: JUDGE DONNA STROUD IS UNOPPOSED

*Endorsed by Durham Committee on Affairs of Black People **Endorsed by Durham Committee on Affairs of Black People and by NC Advocates for Justice

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