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Monday, 25 March 2013 14:39 |
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RALEIGH, (SGRToday.com) - If you're tired of being bombarded by political phone calls known as robo calls, you've got an ally in North Carolina Congresswoman Virginia Foxx. For the fourth time in her career, the Republican has proposed legislation to expand the much-lauded Do Not Call registry to the political phone calls known as robo calls.
H.R. 1315, The Robo Calls Off Phones Act, would alllow the public to opt out of receiving the campaign calls in the same way the public can opt out of telemarketer calls.
Politicians exempted themselves from the registry when it was originally passed. Foxx does not use the tactic in her campaigns.
“Every campaign season, like clockwork, families are bombarded by an endless stream of political robo-calls,” Rep. Foxx said in a news release. “There is little voters can do to stop the annoyance, which all too often comes right in the middle of family dinners and bedtimes. The Robo COP Act will solve this problem for the American people by allowing them to opt out of these calls by signing up for the federal government’s ‘Do Not Call’ list."
The Robo COP Act applies strictly to unsolicited, political robo-calls where a live person is not available to speak with the individual answering the phone.
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Last Updated on Monday, 25 March 2013 14:40 |
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By Administrator
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Monday, 25 March 2013 10:54 |
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DURHAM, (AP) — North Carolina's NAACP chapter is organizing marches and memorials to remember the civil rights era and to oppose new laws they say would unfairly crimp the voting power of black Americans.
The NAACP planned events Sunday in Fayetteville, Charlotte, Raleigh and Greensboro remembering Bloody Sunday. That's the day 48 years ago this month when peaceful demonstrators were beaten by Alabama state troopers as they started a non-violent protest march.
The demonstrations that built from that bloody event ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The NAACP's Fayetteville branch is organizing a march to the site where a black couple was gunned down at random by skinhead killers in 1995.
Polls have for months have shown broad, consistent public support for requiring some form of identification to vote in North Carolina.
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Last Updated on Monday, 25 March 2013 10:55 |
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By Administrator
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Wednesday, 20 March 2013 10:42 |
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BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — President Barack Obama is picking Indiana to win the NCAA title.
Obama chose the Hoosiers to go all the way in his 2013 NCAA bracket, which was revealed Wednesday on ESPN.
Florida, Louisville, and Ohio State rounded out his Final Four in Atlanta. Indiana and Louisville are each No. 1 seeds. Ohio State is a No. 2 seed and Florida is a No. 3 seed. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 March 2013 10:43 |
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By Administrator
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Sunday, 17 March 2013 18:36 |
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RALEIGH, (SGRToday.com) - Gov. Pat McCrory has endorsed Brunswick County businessman Claude Pope to be the next chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party.
According to a statement from Pope's campaign:
"I have known Claude Pope for many years, and believe he will make a great leader for our party in the coming term. His combination of business experience and political leadership make him well qualified for this important job, and I wnat everyone to know that he has my strong and enthusiastic endorsement."
Pope is the former chairman of the Wake County Republican Party and the current owner of a restaurant and catering business at Bald Head Island.
The Republican Party will choose a chairman in early June. Current Chairman Robin Hayes announced last week that he will not seek re-election. Pope declared his candidacy just days later. |
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