Eleanore Wood

Voters of NC – Dailah

By Eleanore Wood / November 5, 2020 /

Dailah Wilson, 19 FTCC Student, first time voter Fayetteville, NC Voting today was pretty exciting. Everybody should vote because choosing a prescient isn’t easy, and you need someone to lead. Is all about who is able to lead you and every vote matters. That’s just how I feel about it.  I hope that everybody can…

Voters of NC – Jennifer

By Eleanore Wood / November 5, 2020 /

Jennifer Melos, 23 Siler City, NC  I actually voted by mail two weeks ago, but it never showed up so that’s why I’m here. I mailed it and I’ve been getting calls and it seems that it never arrived. When I realized it wasn’t accepted, that’s when I quickly got my stuff and came down.…

Voters of NC – Glensie

By Eleanore Wood / November 5, 2020 /

Glensie Oxendine, 72 Pembroke, NC  I feel very confident that we are going to win. Our future, our children’s future is at steak.  Photo by Michele Jesus

Voters of NC – Jerome

By Eleanore Wood / November 5, 2020 /

Jerome Brown Raleigh, NC Jerome Brown is the chairman of the Wake County Voter Education. They’re a grassroots organization involved in local politics in Wake County. The organization has been in business since 1972.  “We have been here for the full 17 days of early voting and today. We want to finish that out so…

Voters of NC – Mahawa & Kadeem

By Eleanore Wood / November 5, 2020 /

Mahawa Sannoh and Kadeem Richards, both 19 and 28 Fayetteville, NC  I’m 19 years old. I am in the United States army. I am originally from Sierra Leone, West Africa, and I’m happy to vote. It’s actually my first time officially voting. It was a very unique experience to deal with COVID going on around,…

Voters of NC – Briani

By Eleanore Wood / November 5, 2020 /

Briani Weeks Durham, NC I had a couple of strong feelings about voting. First of all, I was really, really excited to be able to participate in something so historical, especially at this time right now in our nation. I kind of felt privileged, some of my ancestors were not able to have this right…

Voters of NC – Darrius

By Eleanore Wood / November 5, 2020 /

Darrius Ward Morrisville, NC I feel like republicans, they’ve done a lot of corrupt stuff.  I felt like I did my part voting democrat.  I mean, it’s now or never.  I ain’t gonna lie, both of them got kind of good things and bad things.  I was born a democrat, so if I don’t vote…

Voters of NC – Katelynn

By Eleanore Wood / November 5, 2020 /

Katelynn Mundell, 21 Pembroke, NC I am a woman of alpha Sigma alpha on UNC Pembroke campus. And I voted democratic today. I was expecting it to be a line and have people bothering me, like the bigger cities. It was really smooth. We went in and got out within like 10, 15 minutes.  I…

Voters of NC – Darius

By Eleanore Wood / November 5, 2020 /

Darius Kearney Durham, NC I had to come out and vote, I didn’t in 2016. I had to come and vote because I felt like there was a lot of division with the president we have today.  I felt like Biden would be the one that unite everyone in this country.  They said that Trump…

Voters of NC – Peondora

By Eleanore Wood / November 5, 2020 /

Peondora Harrington, 28 Organizer and Activist Fayetteville, NC It first started with the protest that we did after George Floyd died. Most people would go to a protest and then go home. I started researching things. Every problem we have, there’s a root of that problem. When I did that research it got me to…