The following links are resources recommended by session presenters, planning committee members, and past LNC speakers. These are not required, but exploring those that interest you will enrich your experience both during and after the November Government Session.
General Resources
- “About the NC Museum of Natural Sciences”
- North Carolina Beyond the Connected Age: The Tar Heel State in 2050, by Michael L. Walden Book recommendation by Joe Stewart
- “What Will North Carolina’s Economy Look Like in 2050?” NC State News Article, October 9, 2017
- John Davis Political Report
- NC Policy Watch
- Carolina Journal
- 2018 County Map Book–North Carolina Association of County Commissioners
- Gallup Poll “Most Important Problem” Research–Economic Issues and Immigration
- NC Department of Public Safety Crime Data Offender Search
“Legislator for an Hour” Simulation Resources
These links are also included on the Government Homework page along with the required reading assignment.
- “What will happen if voter ID comes back to NC? Here’s what happened last time”, N&O, October 12, 2018
- IOPL Voter ID Amendment Debate, Part 1
- “State Rep. David Lewis: Voter ID laws fair, protect the public,” Winston-Salem Journal, July 21, 2014
- “Q&A: Changes to NC election laws,” WRAL, August 12, 2013
- “North Carolina Passes the Country’s Worst Voter Suppression Law,” The Nation, July 26, 2013
- “In Rural N.C., New Voter ID Law Awakens Some Old Fears,” NPR, August 16, 2013
- “Requiring Photographic Identification by Voters in North Carolina,” The Heritage Foundation, July 18, 2013
- “North Carolina voter ID law overturned on appeal,” CNN, July 29, 2016
- “Strict North Carolina Voter ID Law Thwarted After Supreme Court Rejects Case,” NYT, May 15, 2017
- “North Carolina ‘intentionally passed’ discriminatory voter ID law lawyer says,” The Guardian, February 2, 2016
- “Why North Carolina needs a photo voter ID amendment,” N&O, October 19, 2018
