Common Cause honoring two Greensboro Groups
The North Carolina arm of Common Cause is honoring two Greensboro groups. From their news release:
A group of North Carolina A&T State University students and a group of Greensboro residents are being honored by Common Cause North Carolina on Saturday, December 6th for helping improve democracy in North Carolina.The NCA&T student chapter of Common Cause is being recognized for their voter engagement work this past fall. Students knocked on more than 2000 doors in four Greensboro precincts providing voter education and registration materials. The targeted precincts traditionally have had a low voter turnout, along with a high number of unregistered citizens. Students conducted 5 canvasses during the month of October, assisting some residents to register and vote for the first time in their lives.
CCNC will also be honoring a group of citizens who came together last year to form the Greensboro Citizens for Clean Elections. These citizens, include African Americans, Democrats, Republicans, young and old and are united in their desire to bring down the costs of running for local office. They would like the North Carolina General Assembly to provide Greensboro the authority to experiment with public financing of local elections, something the town of Chapel Hill is now doing.
Common Cause North Carolina is a non partisan, non profit public interest organization that lobbies for more open, honest and accountable government. The NCA&T Common Cause chapter will be receiving the annual Democracy Youth Award. The Greensboro Citizens for Clean Elections is receiving the annual citizen activism award.
The December 6th event is held at the N.C. State University Club in Raleigh and is open to the public. For more information, go to www.commoncause/nc.org
You can find the Citizens for Clean Elections folks by clicking here.
Not to dump on their parade, but I would observe that they've just started pursuing what may be a very challenging goal, particularly since not everyone agrees that publicly financed elections are a good and noble thing. Still, good on them for getting some recognition.
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