Early this month, a plethora of voter suppression bills were introduced by members of the North Carolina Legislature.
For many state legislatures, March marks the half-way point of their legislative session, some are already adjourned and some seem to never end.
T.J. Leavell is a League volunteer and staff member of the LWV of North Carolina. As a staff member for LWVNC, T.J. has focused on building an infrastructure that will help increase membership, fundraising and League activities. T.J. is also a member of the LWVUS Young People Task Force (YPTF).
T.J. received a B.A. in Political Science from Purdue University. He currently works at Ferocious Beagle, a consulting and professional services organization that specializes in creating and utilizing innovative marketing tools. For fifteen years, T.J. has worked in the field of sales and business development.
T.J. also has extensive experience working in government; he worked as a campaign coordinator for a candidate for state representative, served as the Chairman of the Marshall County Election Board and ran for a position within the State Legislature himself.
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Voting rights have been under attack in state legislatures across the country for more than a decade and there are no signs of it letting up in 2013. Indeed 2013 could be a year that sets back voting rights more than all of the attacks of the past decade combined.
As many head back to work and the routine of their daily lives following Hurricane Sandy, some are asking about the impact of this deadly storm on next week’s elections. We have pulled together a quick primer on what steps elections officials in some of the affected states are taking to help voters. Overall, we are pleased that many states are extending deadlines in an effort to mitigate the effect of the hurricane and its aftermath on the upcoming election.
Editorial Note: This blog post was originally published on my Huffington Post blog
