Resources

Information on upcoming elections and voting

NC Election Connection: A project of Democracy NC to provide voter information in North Carolina. It includes information on registering, voting, your rights as a voter, and what you can do to educate and mobilize more people as voters. See, in particular, their Voter Registration Kit and the Wallet Cards available in quantity from info@democracy-nc.org.
NC Voter Guide: A project of the NC Center for Voter Education and UNC-TV, with candidate profiles from across the state.
vote411.org : Resources from the League of Women Voters. Covers national elections as well as those in all 50 states.
NC Center for Voter Education: A nonprofit and nonpartisan organization dedicated to helping citizens more fully participate in democracy.
North Carolina State Board of Elections: Check your voter registration information and more
¡VEY Y VOTA! (Go and Vote!): Election information in Spanish. This is a national site – check the section on North Carolina.
Legal Guide to Student Voting from the Brennan Center of NYU Law School. Answers questions about residency and more.
- section on North Carolina

Variety of fact sheets and handouts on campaign finance and voter rights from Democracy NC.
Economic Status of Women in NC – Key Findings, from Institute for Women’s Policy Research via NC Council for Women.
NWLC Fact Sheets from the National Women’s Law Center
2012-2013 Draft Women’s Agenda from NC Women United
A set of issue papers with legislative recommendations on items apt to come before the next session of the NC Legislature.
YWCA Issues that Matter: Download a guide discussing 15 different issues from Affirmative Action to Voter Protection. For each issue there are suggested questions to post to candidates.
HERVotes: a coalition of women’s organizations, representing millions of women, formed to counter the attacks on women’s economic and health security. The goal is to mobilize women voters in 2012 around preserving women’s Health and Economic Rights (HER rights.) Programs include publicizing the threats to long-standing advances for women through blog carnivals and other collective action.
Equal Pay references from AAUW (American Association of University Women).

The NC Center for Nonprofits: Their broad service to the nonprofits of the state includes training and resources for nonprofits on advocacy. They also hold sponsor a Public Policy Forum and NC Nonprofits Day at the Legislature.
NonprofitVOTE.org: Guides on voter registration and more.
The Alliance for Justice: a key resource on the legal framework for nonprofit advocacy efforts
Woman-to-Woman Voter Turnout Guide from AAUW (American Association of University Women) – with general information on running issue-based, nonpartisan GOTV work. PDF available for free download; contact info@aauwnc.org for hardcopies.