事情发生的经过: Early ballot-casting continued across North Carolina at a head-turning pace, 尽管分析结果好坏参半.
单词释义: 不确定的. 本周展望
新闻报道 & 观察者 said voters 在这里 are submitting ballots much like they were in the 2014 midterms, while
WRAL引用的来源 comparing the activity to a presidential year. In a string of tweets Friday morning, frequently sourced political science professor Dr. Michael Bitzer said early voting in North Carolina was "
on pace for a mid-term record."
利用: The deadline to request an absentee ballot is 5 p.m. 10月. 30. In-person early voting ends at 1 p.m. 11月. 3. 选举日是11月. 6.
瘦子: 依靠绝对的数量, it's difficult to flatly compare voting activity year to year with the varying influential factors, this year 包括 a modified early voting schedule, special statewide items like the
six constitutional amendment questions，以及缺乏美国的支持.S. 参议院竞选. 无论哪种方式, 2018年脱颖而出, with nearly all 170 seats in the General Assembly contested, judicial races receiving a bigger-than-usual share of the public dialogue, and a stirred electorate nationally. Rest assured: this is not the final dispatch on the 2018 mid-terms.
The League’s newly formed Broadband Task Force kicked off its work this week with an initial discussion of the state’s broadband policy. Task force members also learned about legal changes needed to give local 政府ernments the ability to build and lease broadband infrastructure as part of a public-private partnership. Several dozen local officials belong to the group, w在这里 they serve as strategic advisers and leaders in the effort to bring community-led broadband to North Carolina. For an overview of broadband policy in North Carolina, the League has produced several resources, 包括 这个网络研讨会 and slide show presentation and a report, “Leaping the Digital Divide.” 联系人: 艾琳Wynia
政府. Roy Cooper on Monday signed an 行政命令 to establish a commission to ensure 2020 Census results reflect North Carolina fully and accurately. 他还提名了, 包括 Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger, 对身体, called the North Carolina Complete Count Commission. The 行政命令 notes that the decennial headcount will "determine how the federal 政府ernment distributes $400 billion in funding, 包括 an estimated $16 billion for critical community services, 住房, 经济发展, as well as other needs and services in North Carolina.它补充说，“计划。, 外展, local 政府ernment involvement and community education are required to ensure that the census is as accurate as possible." The commission is tasked with, among other things, helping the U.S. Census Bureau recruit North Carolinians to be census workers, developing public and private partnerships that help the cause, and strategizing ways to connect with "historically hard-to-count populations," which may include members of the military, rural residents and non-native English speakers. Joining Mayor Hemminger on the 24-member commission are state legislators and leaders from various public and private entities.
The League of Municipalities continues our fundraising campaign to get help directly to municipal employees who have suffered significant losses in the recent disasters affecting North Carolina. The Hometown Care Disaster Relief Fund will provide grants for municipal employees. 为它提供资金, the League has made an initial donation of $25,000, and is soliciting donations directly from the League’s business partners, other state municipal leagues, 以及普通大众. If you are able, please make a personal donation to the Hometown Care Disaster Relief Fund by 点击这里 and share the campaign on your social media accounts to better our chances of success. If disaster has affected you and you wish to learn more about the grant program, 包括 information about how to apply for a personal grant, please see our Hometown Care page or contact Michael Naylor at mnaylor@straightlads.net.
With the General Assembly’s passage of $800 million in additional state hurricane assistance, the Golden LEAF Foundation has been provided $20 million for grants to local 政府ernments to repair and replace vehicles, 设备, 设施, 和水, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure. You can find the online application form and information about the program 在这里 and answers to frequently asked questions 在这里.
N.C. Department of Commerce has also announced that the state has received a federal grant to provide temporary employment to address hurricane damage and administration needs as a result of that damage. The grants for those jobs may last up to 12 months, and municipalities are among the entities eligible. T在这里 is no match required for organizations that meet eligibility requirements. The department says interested entities can contact their local Workforce Development Board of local NCWorks Career Center to learn more, 也可以访问 www.NCWorks.政府.
You can also find additional meeting dates for FEMA Public Assistance applicant briefings 在这里, meetings that are considered crucial to receiving information necessary for federal reimbursement for debris removal and emergency protective measures. North Carolina and FEMA are now providing the first temporary 住房 units to households displaced by Hurricane Florence, and you can find information about that assistance 在这里.
与此同时，美国.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service is accepting requests for assistance to help communities protect eligible infrastructure such as roads, 桥梁, 住房 and businesses from erosion 和水shed hazards caused by Hurricane Florence. The deadline to request assistance through the Emergency Watershed Protection Program is 11月. 15. 了解更多有关该计划的信息 在这里.
We're striding closer to one of the League's most important events -- the 365体育足彩 Goals Conference -- and t在这里's still time to register, 成本更低. This year, the conference is set for 11月. 29 at the Raleigh Convention Center.
Registration is just $35 for the first municipal official and $10 for each additional registrant from the same town. 通过参加会议, your municipality will have a voice and a vote as League members discuss and decide upon the issues that are prioritized when talking with state legislators and policy makers in 2019-2020. In order to have the most representative set of advocacy goals, we need as many cities and towns represented as possible.
今天注册.Plan to attend the 365体育足彩 Goals Conference not only for the important debate and voting on the issues that the League will prioritize during the upcoming state legislative biennium, but also to learn about available disaster-related resources for immediate recovery needs related to the hurricanes and preparation for future events. Lunchtime keynote speaker will be past National League of Cities president Melodee Colbert-Kean, 乔普林乐队的成员, Mo., City Council and former mayor, who will discuss her city's resiliency after being struck by a devastating tornado in 2011.
加入365足彩下载 and Duke Energy for a webinar on street lighting strategies and rate updates. This webinar is set for Thursday, 11月. 下午2点到4点.m. and will serve as a continuation of discussions that began after the League in 2013 intervened in the utility’s rate cases before the N.C. 公用事业委员会. In addition to offering technical expertise about the new rates for outdoor lighting, Duke’s outdoor lighting team will discuss the process and overview for converting lights to LED and give an update on their small attachment capabilities. For more information and to register, 点击这里.
