GRNC Alert 9/29/22: Candidate Evaluations Released

In election years, GRNC’s “Remember in November” project empowers you, the gun-owning voter, by providing you the most accurate, objective information available about candidates and where they stand on gun issues.

WHAT MAKES GRNC EVALUATIONS ACCURATE

In addition to issuing candidates surveys, GRNC collects data on candidates’ gun-related votes, bill and amendment sponsorship and other factors back to 1996. All measures are inputted to a database which estimates a percentage concurrence rate with a control group of conservative gun owners. A candidate who concurs with the control group at least 90% of the time receives 4 stars (****), 80% gets 3 stars (***), 70% gets 2 stars (**), 60% gets 1 star (*) and less than 60% gets a 0-star evaluation (0). 

Unlike certain other organizations, GRNC does not inflate its election win ratios by favoring incumbents, nor do we make “deals” for candidate evaluations. A candidate gets what he or she earns: No more, no less. And where candidates’ votes on gun bills are available, they are weighted more heavily than survey scores and other measures, because how a legislator votes is the truest measure of their support for the Second Amendment. 

CANDIDATE EVALUATIONS NOW AVAILABLE FOR GENERAL ELECTION

For the second time, GRNC has undertaken the huge task of putting together evaluations for the large number of candidates in primary elections. But redistricting has created a record number of open seats and races with multiple candidates, meaning the 2022 “Remember in November” project covers nearly 360 candidates. Mistakes do occur and, occasionally, data from prior years can be accidentally omitted. If you find any errors, please notify us at: candidatesurvey@GRNC.org

This year, GRNC printed fully 150,000 Remember in November voter guides, mailing an unprecedented 120,000 directly to gun-owning voters, completely free of charge. If you can help support the project, please consider making a donation at: https://www.grnc.org/join-grnc/contribute

In coming days, be on the lookout for GRNC Political Victory Fund candidate recommendations, which represent strategies for effective voting in selected races. 

HOW TO FIND GRNC CANDIDATE EVALUATIONS

Candidate information sorted by either last name or by district are available at:

https://www.grnc.org/remember-in-november/grnc-candidate-evaluations-2022

CRITICAL VOTING INFORMATION

Registering & Voting 

Option 1: Register in-person at your county Board of Elections office or mail registration forms to the office by October 12. Forms are available at Board of Elections offices, county libraries, county offices or online at http://www.ncsbe.gov/ by clicking on “Registering,” then selecting the dropdown menu for “Registering” to select the appropriate option. 

Option 2: You may register at DMV offices or other state agencies which dispense benefits (e.g. DSS, WIC, ESC, etc.)

Note: If you are a DMV customer with a NC driver’s license or DMV-issued ID, you may now register to vote or change certain parts of your registration online. Using this service existing DMV customers may register to vote, update their voter registration address, or update their party affiliation. For information: www.ncsbe.gov/Voters/Registering-to-Vote

Getting Voter Information

Under the “Voting” icon on the NCSBE home page at http://www.ncsbe.gov/ you will find links to look up your voter registration, one-stop voting site, Election Day polling place and provisional ballot. For early voting hours in your county, you may call your Board of Elections.

Important Deadlines for General Election

• October 14: Deadline for voter registration is 5 PM. If you miss the registration deadline you may still register and vote at the same time during the one-stop early voting period – October 20 thru November 5.
•  October 20: “One-stop” voting/registration begins.
• November 1: Applications for absentee ballots must be received by 5 PM, but election board recommends earlier.
• November 5: “One-stop” voting/registration ends at 3:00 PM.
• November 8: Election Day, polls open 6:30 AM until 7:30 PM. (If you are in line by 7:30 PM, you can vote.)
• Deadline for absentee ballots: Voted absentee ballots (placed inside the container-return envelope) must be returned to county board of elections no later than 5 PM on Election Day. Absentee ballots received after 5 PM on Election Day will be timely only if received by mail no later than 5 PM on 3rd day following date of election and postmarked on or before Election Day. Envelope may be mailed or delivered in person to county board of elections office or an open early voting site during early voting period. Only voter or voter’s near relative may return absentee ballot to board of elections. 

• PLEASE CONTRIBUTE TO GRNC: Help us fight gun control while we promote Second Amendment principles. Please CLICK HERE to contribute. Bear in mind that GRNC is an all-volunteer organization, so you can be sure your donations are put to the best possible use. Any amount helps, and any amount is appreciated. 

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