By Jordon Greene | Free the Vote NC, President & Founder
On Election Day, the typical thought is that most voters think exclusively in terms of Republicans and Democrats. The good guys versus the bad guys as they would have it, no specific order intended. However, is it possible that every one of our nation’s 130 million voters or North Carolina’s 6 million voters see exclusively in these terms?When you consider that over 25% of our state’s registered voters consider themselves or choose to be unaffiliated, it speaks volumes to the fact that not everyone is comfortable with being represented by the Republican and Democratic Parties regardless of how they may vote on election day. However, as several groups can attest, not all voices are welcomed with open arms in our state’s political discourse.
Just asks members of the Green and Constitution Parties whose party of choice is regularly denied access to our state’s election ballot by North Carolina’s ballot access laws. You may talk to members of newer political parties like the Modern Whig Party or individuals who have tried and failed to get on the election ballot as Unaffiliated (or Independent) candidate for different offices over the years. You could even ask members of the Libertarian Party, the only alternative party currently appearing on the ballot, because of the massive costs these laws have put on their party.
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