RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina General Assembly today passed a bill that does not repeal the discriminatory HB 2 law. Instead, it keeps in place the most harmful parts of the law. The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina is delivering a letter to Gov. Roy Cooper urging him to veto the measure…
RALEIGH, N.C. — The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina released the following statement on H.B. 142, a new legislative proposal to address House Bill 2, North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law. “Lawmakers must reject this disgraceful backroom deal that uses the rights of LGBT people as a bargaining chip,” said Sarah Gillooly, policy director for…
RALEIGH — After breaking their word by refusing to allow a clean vote on full repeal of HB2, Republican lawmakers are now blaming Democrats for not going along with the GOP plan to leave parts of HB2 in place indefinitely. Instead of fully repealing HB2, Republicans proposed to indefinitely extend the provision of HB2 prohibiting…
Today, the North Carolina General Assembly failed to repeal the state’s deeply discriminatory HB2. Full repeal of HB2 was a central part of a deal negotiated by Governor-elect Roy Cooper that included the recent repeal of Charlotte’s non-discrimination ordinance. At the last minute, GOP leadership in the General Assembly blew up the deal when they…
Today, Pat McCrory finally accepted defeat in the North Carolina governor’s race. McCrory made the concession in a video message posted around noon Monday as a recount he requested in Durham County entered its final hours, reported The News and Observer. “I personally believe that the majority of our citizens have spoken, and we now…
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality North Carolina hailed Governor-Elect Roy Cooper’s victory — which crossed the crucial 10,000 vote mark Wednesday — and called on Pat McCrory to concede in the North Carolina gubernatorial race immediately. With a stunning 66 percent of North Carolina voters reporting opposition to HB2 in exit polling, it’s…
North Carolina Gov.Pat McCrory has launched an all-out effort to throw the integrity of the election into question by lodging baseless voter protests in more than half of the state’s 100 counties. Last night, the Republican-controlled State Board of Elections issued an order requiring dismissal of all 52 of those protests. The latest vote tallies show McCrory nearly…
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is still refusing to admit defeat in the state’s gubernatorial race despite vote tallies showing that Roy Cooper has increased his winning margin to nearly 6,600 votes. McCrory, ousted by voters in large part because of the discriminatory HB2 legislation he signed into law, has a history of attempting to…
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory ‘s campaign criticized his Democratic challenger on Wednesday for claiming victory in the state’s neck-and-neck gubernatorial race, saying tens of thousands of votes had yet to be tallied. Reuters reported that Roy Cooper, the state’s attorney general, declared victory after unofficial election results showed him leading the Republican incumbent by…
WASHINGTON — Friday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality NC launched a new digital campaign ad slamming North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory for putting discrimination ahead of the state’s jobs and economy. The new ad focuses on the economic damage caused by McCrory’s stubborn refusal to fix the mess he created by signing the discriminatory HB2 into…
