In the past few weeks, the debate in Washington over raising the debt ceiling has grown more and more heated. While it is assumed that both sides ultimately want to prevent the ... Keep Reading
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Civitas Poll: 6 in 10 Voters Disagree with Perdue Veto of Photo ID Bill
Raleigh, N.C. – Six in 10 North Carolina voters disagree with Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue’s recent veto of a bill requiring a government-issued photo ID to vote, according to a new ... Keep Reading
Civitas Poll: Voters Don’t Like Perdue Veto of “Energy Jobs Act”
Raleigh, N.C. – Amidst stubbornly high gas prices, 60 percent of North Carolina voters disagree with Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue’s veto of the “Energy Jobs Act,” according to a new ... Keep Reading
Voter Fraud: Detection or Coverup?
Civitas Institute Intern, Will Garvey has a great op-ed in the Lincoln Tribune this week. Will explains why he is a proponent of voter photo ID and describes his experience at a ... Keep Reading
Veto Override Session Underway Today
The General Assembly will re-convene today to consider voting to override several of Gov. Perdue's vetoes as well as drawing new district maps. They are expected to be in town ... Keep Reading
Are You Part of the Silent Majority?
In poll after poll respondents overwhelmingly support a requirement for voters to show photo identification to vote. Civitas has polled this question for years and the results do ... Keep Reading
Surprise, Surprise – Perdue Vetos Photo ID
No we are not surprised. We saw the writing on the wall. Yesterday's reports from the mainstream media explaining that the governor had received more emails from people opposing ... Keep Reading
Why So Silent, Gov. Perdue?
Gov. Bev Perdue has not stated her stance on some of the more controversial bills lying on her desk since Saturday, when the legislative session officially ended. This is partially ... Keep Reading
A Budget Veto to Get Behind
I support the Democratic governor's veto of the state budget. No, not Perdue's. That was a shameless bit of overdramatic politicking. I'm talking about Governor Jerry Brown in ... Keep Reading
OVERRIDDEN
On the afternoon following a midnight veto override in the House, the N.C. Senate followed suit—overriding Governor Perdue’s veto on a 31-19 party-line vote. The General Assembly’s ... Keep Reading