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“They (voters) feel like politicians are part of the problem and don’t care about them,” said Colette Forrest, co-founder of the Charlotte Black Voter Project. “I do not know what to do.”
Robinson, the state’s lieutenant governor, is the front runner in NC’s gubernatorial race and could be in for a close race against Democratic front runner Josh Stein in November.
The Charlotte Black Voter Project is working to turn around a recent trend at the polls.
This year’s $2.5 billion request is by far the biggest of its kind in North Carolina’s history. Its passage is far from guaranteed.
The Reeder Memorial Baptist Church in northwest Charlotte hosted a resource fair followed and a community engagement discussion. Residents met with members of Congress, the city council, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and a Mecklenburg County commissioner.