People are waking up to discover that North Carolina is the weirdest of states. We are all sitting in a numb blogblog heap, wondering what to do next. So we’ll do what we always do: write and process and share out and continue to try to find some slivers of civic joy in whatever comes […]

The school bond – and the five bonds that Chapel Hill put on the ballot – have passed by wide margins. This is great news. What’s in the school bond The school bond passed, with 67% voting yes and 32% voting no. This is one of the most significant investments in our school system in […]

We run a live blog blog during municipal election years but will be watching other sources tonight. Here’s where we’ll be refreshing. North Carolina State Board of Elections Unofficial Election Results Local coverage The Daily Tar Heel’s liveblog for state and local races Indyweek’s liveblog for state and local races Duke Chronicle liveblog Elon News […]

Tuesday, November 5 is Election Day. On Election Day, you must bring a photo ID with you and you must vote at your assigned polling place. Every year, people show up at the wrong polling location. So we made a helpful guide to finding your polling place in North Carolina. How to find your polling […]

*Deep breath* It’s almost over. Election Day is Tuesday, and the months of text messages and phone calls and door knocks and political advertisements during our favorite sporting events is about to end. Your blog bloggers have been out and about the last several weeks helping get out the vote. We have been: It’s the […]

The 2024 presidential election has leftists more disillusioned than ever. Every four years, progressives, socialists, and others on the left bemoan the lack of a better option than a moderate Democrat (one that has a chance of winning, anyway). But this year, with continuing death and destruction in Gaza and a Democratic nominee from an […]