Rob has been a proud Durhamite for 25 years, raising his children in the Bull City. A psychologist, he has also written books on leadership and conflict.

Along with his dedicated network of family and friends, Rob has been dropping a lot of lit at the doors of left-leaning voters in Durham! They’ve been to more than 950 homes already! Working in pairs or teams of three, the group – which gathers at least weekly – has found that they can reach dozens of doors in an hour.

Check out this Q&A with Rob, and then join his team for a special lit drop party, launching from Durham restaurant Succotash on Saturday, Sept. 7! You can also get started by signing up to lit drop on your own, no matter where you are in North Carolina.

Claire lives in Durham with her partner, John, and their two cats, Kevin and Betty. From UNC, she earned her bachelor’s degree and a master’s in public health (MPH) degree and has stayed ever since. She is now a fundraiser for the UNC School of Medicine, teaches Barre3, and serves on the board of Girls on the Run of the Triangle. She was introduced to FLIP NC by a friend in early 2020.

Check out this Q&A with Claire, and then sign up to join her at an upcoming FLIP NC event!

Mike and Cathy live in Raleigh and are partners in democracy (and everything else!). Mike spends most of his time volunteering with democracy-saving groups like FLIP NC. But he will carve out a bit of space for making music, Canes games, and Michigan football games. Cathy feels fortunate to be a young-ish retiree after 32 years in the tech industry. She is writing her second novel and enjoys volunteering at an Immigration Services center.  

Check out this Q&A with the Warners – who have left flyers at an astounding 1,000+ doors and counting since signing on among our very first lit droppers! – and then sign up to join them at an upcoming FLIP NC event. Or get started dropping lit on your own!

Since we soft-launched our lit drop program in late June, we’ve reached over 10,000 voters with information about our critical state court races. Here are answers to some common questions about this program.

A huge thank you to everyone who is helping spread the word about our critical state court races and the importance of voting the full ballot in November!

In 2024, Democrats must defend Judge Carolyn Thompson’s seat on the N.C. Court of Appeals and elect Martin Moore and Ed Eldred to flip two more seats blue.

Democrats currently hold only 4 of the 15 Court of Appeals seats. But they can take back the Court of Appeals by 2028. Winning these seats is critical! 

FLIP NC Communications Director Andrea Cash sat down for a conversation with Thompson, who brings more than two decades of experience to the bench. She has been a trial attorney and served on the district court and superior court as well as the N.C. Court of Appeals. She is passionate about helping victims of domestic violence and mentoring other Black women who want to pursue a law career. 

Judge Thompson discusses her pitch to voters; what she enjoys most about serving on three-judge panels on the Court of Appeals; the importance of recusing when there is a conflict of interest on a case; being perched on the shoulders of the generations who preceded her; and more. 

Now through August 8, you can order a FLIP the NC Court shirt online, directly from our printer, through this limited-time, special fundraiser.

To draw attention to North Carolina Republicans’ extreme partisan gerrymandering, Kate Barr is running in a state senate district so heavily rigged she has no shot at winning.

“Voters deserve to have real choices about who represents them. It's how we hold our elected officials accountable for the decisions they make on our behalf. But, in gerrymandering, instead of voters choosing their representatives, the representatives choose their voters. That's wrong.”

On July 16, we’re teaming up with Barr to host a screening of the award-winning documentary Slay the Dragon and a Q&A with Democratic N.C. Supreme Court Justices (and former civil rights lawyers) Allison Riggs and Anita Earls.

We had a great few days in Asheville tabling at the Lovett or Leave It show and then running a canvass in partnership with Indivisible Asheville. The MANY special guests to join our canvass kick-off included Jon Lovett, Justice Allison Riggs, N.C. Court of Appeals candidates Martin Moore and Ed Eldred, and N.C. Democratic Party Chair Anderson Clayton.

Page retired in 2017 from a career as a legal educator at Meredith College and, more recently, at North Carolina Central School of Law. Never having been active politically in her life before, she realized in 2017 that she had been shirking her responsibility as a citizen. When not canvassing, she can most often be found exercising at the YMCA or working to transform her yard into a bird-friendly landscape. She lives in Durham with her egomaniac tuxedo cat, Carlito.

Check out this Q&A with Page, and then sign up to join her at an upcoming canvass!

In Part 4 of our wide-ranging conversation, Justice Riggs discusses the importance of increasing the Court’s transparency and accountability, offers advice for anyone getting involved in voter outreach this year, and shares what’s providing her hope in these challenging times.

In Part 3 of our wide-ranging conversation, Justice Riggs discusses the role of the N.C. Court of Appeals, the fantastic Democratic candidates running to serve on that bench, and the plan to win back our statewide courts by 2028.

In Part 2 of our wide-ranging conversation, Justice Riggs discusses serving “without fear or favor”; what voters are focused on going into the general election, including maintaining bodily autonomy; the impact the Court has on the day-to-day lives on North Carolinians; and how to end gerrymandering once and for all.