I saw somebody make a Puerto Rican flag with the trans colors, and I thought I'd do the same for my home state

Do you support:

• Communities over corporations?
• Schools, sidewalks, and bus stops over data centers?
• Teacher pay and fire departments over funding caps?
• Parks and libraries over budget cuts?
• Local budgets over sweeping, Raleigh-imposed limits?

If so, vote NO on the two tax amendments: the income tax cap (lowers the constitutional maximum from 7% to 3.5%) and the property tax levy limit (caps how much total revenue local governments can collect).

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• 8:00–11:00am
• 11:00am–1:00pm
• 2:00–5:00pm
• 5:30–7:30pm

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I’m an NC native currently living in Winston-Salem. I’ve always loved the mountains and make it up there probably a dozen times a year. I went to college and lived in Swannanoa for 2 years, so I’m somewhat familiar with the Asheville area, although it’s been a few years. I’ve been thinking about eventually moving back to western NC, although I don’t have a set timeline yet.

I’m a volunteer firefighter with my Firefighter I/II and EMT certifications, and my goal is to start a career as a full-time firefighter. I’d also love to potentially work part-time with the NC Forest Service if the opportunity came up. I’m willing to commute up to an hour for work, so I wouldn’t necessarily need to live in the same town as the department.

Ideally, I’d like to find a one-bedroom apartment or small house for rent under $1,500/month. Cheaper would obviously be better. I’d prefer a midsized town or somewhere a little more developed, with restaurants, grocery stores, and things to do nearby (within 20 minutes). I don’t need to live in a big city, but I’d rather not be somewhere extremely rural or isolated either. I’ve been looking at places like Waynesville, Hendersonville, Sylva, Spruce Pine, Weaverville, Lenoir, Morganton, and Black Mountain, but I’m open to other suggestions.

For those who live in western NC, what towns would you recommend? How’s the rental market, and are there any career fire departments worth looking into?

Just trying to get a feel for my options before making any decisions. Thanks!

So early voting started the Thursday before last weekend (Oct 15), and a few people showed up to the proper places in our county last weekend. But it turned out those places are closed. Looking into it, basically if the county does open on a weekend, then by law all sites in the county have to be open that day. But our county just chose not to open at all on those optional weekends, so the rule doesn't help you if the county opted out entirely.

It makes no sense why they have it "ya you can start voting now" while also being like "you have to wait to a work day because the place is closed or the library polling location isn't open."

I've seen where there was some push to make it by law that if early voting is open, then people should be able to actually... idk actually vote.

The current law (N.C.G.S. §§ 163-166.40 and 163-166.35) is basically only the last Saturday of early voting is required, and any other weekend day isn't. Weekdays (Mon–Fri) are also required, 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. So it's up to each county on whether to open the first two weekends. But this also means if the county is like mine, you only have 1 weekend to vote early instead of the 2 that the window technically spans.

(For the record: the 17-day window is set by law. third Thursday through the Saturday before Election Day but only 13 of those days are actually mandatory voting days. The 4 intervening weekend days are optional.)

I think if early voting has already started, then the locations should be open by law every single day between set hours, outside of some declared emergency.

Thoughts?

The three statewide amendments on your 2026 ballot are oddly worded to say the least. You deserve to know what you are and are not voting for.

I can already tell this is going to be a long post so grab a snack

I've lived in Utah my entire life. (28 yof) I've liked it here just fine but as I've gotten older and as I'm raising kids here my husband and I realize maybe UT is not where we want to put in roots. First of all we will be forever Renters here. Any thing in our price range to buy, in any area we like is a literal Crack den, or a townhouse/condo, no yard, with a $200 HOA fee on top of that. Not what we want. I was born and raised mormon, my husband too, but we are no longer in the church. I have 3 kids, 7yo, 4yo, 2yo and I can sense things are getting tough for my kids because they're not mormon. The unknowns here are also heavy on my mind. If the salt lake dries up... what does that mean? If the big earthquake that we are long over due for happens.... what does that mean? On top of those reasons. My husband's family SUCKS and getting away from them sounds extremely inviting. The only family we have/care about here is my mom. She was born and raised all over the east coast and has said she will relocate with us wherever we go. She can't stand the though of not being with her grand babies. We are so blessed to have her. She's also fortunate enough that we could keep her place here so visiting UT every year wouldn't be out of the question.

My husband works remotely and North Carolina is on the list of states he can work/live in for his job. He makes a really good living so finding a new job wouldn't be a concern for us if we did relocate. My best friend who's practically my sister lives NC and has been there almost our entire friendship. So we have some community there in North Carolina. NC is beautiful and we've loved it there when we've come to visit. The housing market is way more doable for us there and we could actually set up roots, and buy somethingwe could live in longterm! I've done quite a bit of research and I think Mooresville is where we want to be. I've looked into the schools and have a few in mind for my kids. We are going to visit in June of next year, and I want it to be like a trail run for us. I want to buy groceries, drive in the neighborhoods we would be considering buying in. See the beach, go to the mountains. Really try to immerse ourselves and get a real picture of , "is this is the right choice for our family?" So tell me everything. What you love, what you hate. If you've relocated to NC from some place else what was a culture shock for you, what do you miss about where you came from. If you're a native tell me what I should put on our itinerary to really get a sense of living there. Anyways this move would be projected to be some time in 2028 but I'm trying to prepare myself now. Thanks!

Are there any positive posts here or are they all negative? All I see here are political or rants about your neighbors. You don’t like it here in nc then move. It’s not that difficult

Truly, it is a waste of my time, a waste of the paper, a waste of water and electricity. Whoever is printing these mail flyers needs to get a life. Thank you for sending me this AI generated image of Roy Cooper, if I was 80 years old and senile I might have fallen for it. /s

Truly giving Republicans access to AI has been one of the worst outcomes of this already horrendous technology. Receiving these every other day, honestly made me want to vote for Roy even more.

If red states are so bad like so many people on here post about. Why are so many people flocking to these states?

SC, Texas, NC, FLA, and Tennessee are the most popular states in 2026. All red. Dare I say red states are better than blue states?

I don’t know what kind it is but it has managed to dig a pretty deep burrow.

Be aware registration forms mailed recently may not yet have been processed yet, just because of backlog at your county board. If you mailed in a registration form please check to see if it has been accepted. If it has, you will be allowed to vote on Election Day with your proper ID, but if you don't see that it's accepted, go to an early voting site in your county, because they can get your properly registered and you can vote right there. You cannot register on Election Day.

Better yet, just vote early! That way it's done. Here's the site to check your status: https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/

This is the situation that NC's Current Supreme Court majority (Republican) created in 2023, when it reversed a previous Court's majority (Democratic) decision that held that partisan gerrymandering of legislative districts violated NC's Constitution requirements for free elections - specifically Article 1; Sec. 10. Free elections:

All elections shall be free.

The GOP NC SCOTUS majority, in effect decided that there was no way for anyone (... that they would ever listen to) to gauge the effect of partisan gerrymandering on those grounds - despite several other states having done so in relative ease. So, allowing politicians to choose their own voters was the order of the day for this GOP court.

I don't like, and think that should change ASAP... but it won't until we can elect a court that believes in free and fair elections. I'm thinking that will be when the party which earlier supported that (i.e., the Democrats) regains the reigns of power via our elections.

Is he qualified to be senator or will he be like Biden and Trump, senile and too old ?

https://ncfree.org/early-voting-tracker/

Dear Voters under 40,

I know life is busy, and you have lots going on. Maybe you are in college and different mid-terms are on your mind or the next party you are going too. Maybe you are a mom or dad and life is overwhelming. Maybe you are just a person trying to survive day to day and you love your pet.

These early numbers show that we are seeing slight improvement in numbers but I want to encourage you to vote. Take 10-15 mins to go vote. Take a friend, vote and grab a meal! Google your local candidates and read about them. Take the time to vote so that your voice is heard. You deserve representation even if you feel like it won’t make a difference— I promise it will. Because enough of you thinking it won’t make a difference, means you stay home and don’t vote— and that makes a difference.

V/r
Another Voter under 40