As vaccines await federal approval, North Carolina finalizes its distribution plan
By David Richman | Dec. 6A COVID--19 vaccine could be coming to North Carolina by mid-December. Here's what you need to know.
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A COVID--19 vaccine could be coming to North Carolina by mid-December. Here's what you need to know.
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As another election in North Carolina comes and goes, the state’s perennially purple nature is once again made clear. Though partisanship set the stage for another two years of stalemate, the results of the general election will still have significant impacts across the state.
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In the ninth and final episode, City & State Editor Sonia Rao breaks down the results of the 2020 election with Catawba College professor and N.C. politics expert Michael Bitzer.
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Nida Allam is one of five women elected to the Durham County Board of Commissioners in the 2020 election. In 2017, she was elected as third vice chairperson of the N.C. Democratic Party, making her the first Muslim elected to the Executive Council. The following year, she was appointed to the Durham Mayor’s Council for Women and was unanimously elected as chairperson of the Council.
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Gov. Cooper signed a new executive order on Oct. 28 that clarifies which residents are eligible for protections under a federal evictions moratorium from the CDC.
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The former vice president declared victory over President Donald Trump on Saturday after securing 290 electoral votes — more than the 270 needed to win the presidency — and celebrations in Chapel Hill and Carrboro continued until well after sunset. Minutes after Joe Biden was announced as the country’s 46th president Saturday, Franklin Street filled with the sounds of cars honking and students cheering. Resident Damien Moore said he's never seen Chapel Hill celebrate like this, except for when students rush Franklin Street after a UNC basketball victory over Duke.
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An increase in outdoor seating options on Franklin Street could pose potential problems for the disabled community. Sarah Gilles, a chairperson of the Disability Advocates Committee of the Campus Y, said the push for outdoor seating is good for business but could shift accessibility standards to the back burner. Chelsea Laws, director of Building and Development Services for the Town of Chapel Hill, said the Town looks at accessibility requirements to make sure people can get in and out of all businesses. But UNC doctoral student Dalvin Tsay, who uses a wheelchair, said blocked sidewalks and small ramps make it extremely difficult to get around.
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“We’ve got a lot more voters who have not indicated their race or ethnicity," politics professor Michael Bitzer said. "Back in 2016, for all of the absentee ballots, it was a little more than three percent unknown. Now it is around nine percent. We have no way to know for those hundreds of thousands of voters, what their race or ethnicity is.”
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President Donald Trump had the lead in North Carolina over former Vice President Joe Biden as of midnight, leading by 1.39 percent, according to unofficial results. 117,000 absentee ballots in North Carolina have yet to be returned, according to the N.C. State Board of Elections. This is larger than the number of votes Trump has over Biden as of midnight on Tuesday, which was 76,380. In North Carolina, absentee ballots received by Nov. 12 will be counted in the election.
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Gov. Roy Cooper will serve another term after defeating Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, according to unofficial results.
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Today is Election Day, and North Carolina is voting down the ballot from president to N.C. General Assembly members. Polls in Orange County close at 7:30 p.m. and the N.C. Board of Elections will begin to post unofficial election results at 8:15 p.m.
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Early voting ended Saturday, and data shows that voter turnout in North Carolina surpassed the early voting turnout in the state in the 2016 general election. Over 60 percent of the state has already voted.
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After months of deliberation, a Wednesday federal ruling will now require a witness signature on all absentee ballots, even if the voter confirms their vote separately.
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Republican challenger Dan Forest faced off with Democrat incumbent Roy Cooper at the first and only gubernatorial debate before the November election. Here's what they had to say.
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Despite the N.C. State Fair being canceled, local vendors are still coming together to bring fair food to Raleigh. The N.C. State Fair Division is holding an 11-day fair food event with a collection of local food vendors from Oct. 15 to 25. The event will take place at gate nine of the N.C. State Fairgrounds every day from 10:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
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In the fifth episode, City & State Editor Sonia Rao talks to UNC Hussman professor Joe Cabosky about what races are on the ballot in November.
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Incumbent Dale Folwell and Ronnie Chatterji are vying to become the state's next treasurer. Here's where they stand on key issues.
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Health care access is one of the biggest issues in North Carolina. North Carolina is among the 10 least insured states in the country, according to the U.S. Census Bureau Both Republican and Democratic candidates for the N.C. General Assembly have focused on ways to improve the state's healthcare system William Munn, a policy analyst with the N.C. Justice Center, said the outcome of the November election could impact the future of healthcare policy in the state
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The OC Voice is a portion of the OC Report newsletter where local residents may have a platform to talk about local issues they care about. Melody Kramer is the director of communications for Carolina Demography.
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As the election approaches, there have been concerns about racial disparities in absentee ballot deficiency rates. The North Carolina State Board of Elections reports that 3.5 percent of non-Hispanic Black voters and 2.6 percent of Hispanic voters have had their ballots deemed deficient, compared to one percent of non-Hispanic white voters. “I’m sure there are consequences of historical, systemic oppression that sort of plays into that as well in terms of just access to the ballots and familiarity with election procedures,” said Jeff Loperfido, senior counsel for voting rights at the Southern Coalition for Social Justice Voters can track the status of their mail-in ballots using BallotTrax.
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