With regard to your article on “North Carolina’s declining popularity,” I would direct you to some actual facts. First, no matter how you cut it the education budget went up this year. Mad that teachers aren’t paid enough? The assembly only sets base pay, counties are supposed to tack on extra funds to make teacher’s pay competitive. Second, taxes are cut and North Carolina is ranked 4th most favorable to business in the NATION, according to CNBC. Third, racial equality? The Racial Justice Act was inherently unequal. Prohibiting the death penalty for a particular race and not all is the definition of racism. As for voting, according to a recent poll by Elon University, showing an ID to vote was supported by 75 percent of North Carolinians! We’re offering free IDs to people at the DMV and supporting other government issued IDs. What’s the issue? Early voting hours will remain the exact same. Instead of more days they’re just going to be open later. Next time please refrain from conjecture and focus on facts or don’t write about it at all. If you’re struggling to find facts, feel free to email me. I’ll be glad to help you add a basis to an argument other than this Public Policy Poll that found out people who aren’t even in our state don’t like us.