HOUSE CALENDAR 1st Legislative Day Wednesday, January 14, 2015

The House Calendar has been posted to the NCGA website.

 

http://www.ncleg.net/Calendars/CurrentCalendars/CurrentHouseCalendar.pdf

 

 

HOUSE CALENDAR

1st Legislative Day

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

House Convenes at 9:00 A.M.

 

 

Call to Order           Denise G. Weeks

        Principal Clerk

        2013 House of Representatives

 

Prayer   Representative John A. Torbett

       

 

Presentation of the Colors      North Carolina National Guard

        Color Guard    

 

Pledge of Allegiance    Former Representative Jack Hunt

        Cleveland County

 

National Anthem Mrs. Amanda Wilson Bailey

        Miss North Carolina 2008

 

Roll Call by Districts

 

Administration of Oath to Members       The Honorable Robert H. Edmunds, Jr.

        Associate Justice

        North Carolina Supreme Court

 

Election of Speaker

 

Adoption of Rules

 

Election of Officers

 

Appointment of Officers

 

Committee Appointments

 

Notices and Announcements

 

                                                               Denise G. Weeks

                                                            Principal Clerk

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NAACP News Conference concerning the Ferguson Grand Jury Decision

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 24, 2014

Contact: Tom Wolf, NC NAACP - tom@naacpnc.org or 504-940-4441

North Carolina NAACP to Hold News Conference Tomorrow

To Discuss Ferguson Grand Jury Decision

DURHAM, NC: The North Carolina NAACP will hold a news conference
tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. at its office in Durham, where Rev. Dr. William
J. Barber, II, who has traveled to Ferguson and met with members of
the community there, will discuss the Grand Jury's decision in the
case in Ferguson, Missouri.




WHO: The North Carolina NAACP
WHAT: News Conference to Discuss Ferguson Grand Jury Decision
WHEN: 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 25th
WHERE: 114 W. Parrish St. Durham, NC 3rd Floor


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Appeals Court Overturns District Court Ruling, on Key Parts of North Carolina Voter Suppression Law

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     

October 1, 2014 

CONTACT: Cynthia Gordy, 718-755-4340

Email: cgordy@advancementproject.org

Appeals Court Overturns District Court Ruling, 

Calls for Preliminary Injunction on Key Parts of North Carolina Voter Suppression Law

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WASHINGTON - The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals today overturned a district court's decision to deny a preliminary injunction of key parts of North Carolina's H.B. 589, a massive voter suppression law. The three-judge panel, with one judge dissenting, ruled in favor of the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, the League of Women Voters and other plaintiffs who sought to block certain provisions of the law from being effect for the upcoming November elections. The court ordered an immediate preliminary injunction to block two provisions - the elimination of same-day registration and the prohibition of out-of-precinct ballots from being counted - from taking effect in November's election. Advancement Project, which represents the NC NAACP with co-counsel Kirkland & Ellis LLP, as well as North Carolina lawyers Adam Stein and Irving Joyner, issued the following statement in response to the decision:

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NC NAACP to address victory for voting right

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 1, 2014

 

Contact: Tom Wolf, NC NAACP - tiwolf13@gmail.com or 504-940-4441

  

 

North Carolina NAACP to Hold Press Conference 

Addressing Major Victory for Voting Rights

 

 

DURHAM, NC: The North Carolina NAACP will hold a press conference at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 2, 2014 to address the decision handed down this afternoon by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. The decision granted a preliminary injunction against provisions in the new voting law that eliminated same-day registration and out-of-precinct voting.

 

Atty. Irving Joyner, the NC NAACP Legal Redress Chair, and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, will discuss how this decision will affect the upcoming November election. 
 

"We can rejoice in the knowledge that the efforts of right-wing forces in the North Carolina General Assembly to suppress the rights and opportunities for racial minorities to vote have been exposed," Rev. Dr. Barber said. "This is not just a legal victory but a victory of the Forward Together Moral Movement activism and legal action combined."

 

"This is among the most significant voting rights victories in North Carolina history and has immediate implications for the election in North Carolina, a little over a month away," said Atty. Joyner. "This decision amounts to a repudiation of the actions of the North Carolina General Assembly, which has attempted to make access to voting more difficult." 

 

Atty. Joyner and Rev. Dr. Barber will discuss the NC NAACP's strategy going forward and what it expects to face from the extremist right in the wake of the 4th Circuit Court's ruling. 

 

WHO:                        The North Carolina NAACP

 

WHAT:                      Press Conference to Address Appeal Victory 

 

WHEN:                      4:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 2, 2014 

                                    
WHERE:                   114 W. Parrish St., Durham, NC, 27701

      3rd floor 

 

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