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EARLY VOTING
How to Return Your Mail-in Ballot
Carrboro: New Park or Double Cemetery?
What's Next for Chapel Hill?
List of Candidate Forums for November 2021 Election
november local elections
Elections 2021
How to vote in Orange County for the 2020 General Election
opening plans CHCCS
news
Local Orange County March 3 2020 election results
List of Candidate Forums for March 2020 Election
OrangePolitics 2019 Municipal Candidate Scorecards
Local Seats Up For Election in 2019: Who’s Running
Alderman Bethany Chaney to Step Down at End of Term on Carrboro Board
Why Do Businesses Turn Their Backs on Bike Paths?
On Working to End Homelessness in Orange County
What’s Coming up for Fall 2018
public hearing today 11/5 light rail.
Sample Ballots for Orange County Now Available
State Constitutional Ammendments
10 Years on OrangePolitics
Does the Cost of Housing Tell the Whole Story? Not in Carrboro
Community and Change in Carrboro: a Student Renter Perspective
The Changing Face of Neighborhoods: Should we Blame Students?
May 8 Primary Turnout (It's Not What You Think)
Orange County At-Large County Commissioner Results
Forum Open Thread 2018: Orange County School Board
OP Live Candidate Forum 2018: School Board
OP Live Candidate Forum 2018: Board of Commisioners
First installment for American Legion property comes due
Nonprofit Leadership in Orange County: So White
OP Candidate Coming Out Party on February 28, 2018
CHALT and THE 2017 CHTC ELECTION
Endorsements Roundup 2017
Amy Fowler Announces Candidacy for School Board
Forum Open Thread 2017: CHCCS Board of Education
List of all 2017 Candidate Forums
OP Live Candidate Forum 2017: Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education
Why Am I Running Again? Let Me Count the Reasons
Forum Open Thread 2017: Chapel Hill Town Council
OP Live Candidate Forum 2017: Chapel Hill Town Council
OrangePolitics 2017 Online Forum Information
Elections 2017
Barrett Files for Re-election to CHCCS Board of Education
Allen Buansi Announces Candidacy for Chapel Hill Town Council
2017 OP Candidate Coming Out Party
Karen Stegman - Candidate Statement
Candidate Filing Open Thread
Three problems transit-oriented development can help solve in Chapel Hill
Recent updates make walking and biking even easier in our towns
The Role of BRT in the Durham Orange Transit Corridor
Immigration forum
Are Mobile Homes Affordable Housing We Want to Promote?
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board poised to pass living wage policy
Chapel Hill Hosts Open Data Event This Saturday
My Letter of Support for Durham-Orange Light Rail
The Freedom to Bike and Walk
What will the election mean for our communities?
The Real Reason Chapel Hill Keeps Growing
Voting
White House Calls for Increased Density to Address Housing Affordability
Vote by mail
Chapel Hill Town Council Receives Update on Bias in Policing
The Northside Neighborhood Initiative - Progress & Partnerships
Elections 2016
Forums on Judges
Maximum donation limit CH elections
The History of Carrboro's Jones Ferry Road
Listening to the People
GoTriangle (Route 405) comes to Carrboro
Feed the hungry, but why are they hungry?
Mountains to Sea Trail on OWASA Property
Neighborhood Conservation Districts: Chapel Hill Frozen in Time
Correcting the Record on the Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit Project
Carrboro Police Department is now on Orange Politics
Why Chapel Hill Doesn’t Have More Startups, in One Chart
Carrboro Police responding to citizen complaints of speeding, unsafe driving
Urgent: Please help us move Carrboro's Google hub from cemetery to OWASA
Yes Virginia, there is a primary June 7
Let's make sure all voices are heard
Update on the search for possible appropriate alternative FoodFirst sites
June 7 primary: early vote, absentee and ballot info
UNC-CH Departments & Colleges Take a Stand Against HB2
Mountain to Sea Trail In Bingham Township
Nancy Oates and Bell Campaign
CBOA Calls Special Meeting to Address House Bill 2
2016 Primary Election Day Open Thread
Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Board Receives Racial Equity Recommendations
What Are Your Hopes For Our Community?
Sierra Club Endorses in Orange County Board of Commissioners Races
Candidate Forum: County Commissioners (Chapel Hill-Carrboro PTA Council)
Seven Apply for School Board Vacancy
Two Counties, One Election
Candidate Forum: County Commissioners (Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP)
Estes Drive Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements
It All Comes Down To Experience
The Wrong Post-Storm Priorities in Chapel Hill
CHCCS Discussion of Lincoln Center Redevelopment
A Local’s Perspective on the Legion Road Community Forum
SAMPLE BALLOTS
OP Candidate Questionnaire: Orange County Board of Commissioners
Where is Chapel Hill's "New Generation" of Leaders?
Better Community Engagement Needed
No, 7pm Work Sessions Aren't Better for the Public
Open Thread for the 2016 Filing Period
Election Method Similar to Orange County Commissioners Ruled Unconstitutional by Federal Appeals Court
Mark Marcoplos Running for At-Large County Commissioner Seat
2015 Election Day Open Thread
This Week in Orange Politics: November 2-8
Election Day
Endorsements Roundup 2015
Write in candidate for School Board
The Weave: Diminishing Worker Democracy
Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP Queries Police Chiefs and Sheriff on Racial Equity
Breakfast Club Endorses in Chapel Hill, School Board Races
This Week in Orange Politics: October 26-31, 2015
Forum Open Thread: Chapel Hill Town Council
Indy Week Endorses in Chapel Hill, School Board Races
Chapel Hill's/Orange County's Growth in Context
Sierra Club Endorses in Chapel Hill Town Council Race
OP Live Candidate Forum: Chapel Hill Town Council
Equality NC Action Fund Endorses in Chapel Hill Races
Forum Open Thread: Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education
I've been around Orange Politics so long that Roy Cooper advanced events for me