From protest to the polls, No Kings organizers make push for early voting in NC

By: Trevon Spencer

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: October 18, 2026

Words: 532

Last Updated: 2 hours, 14 minutes ago

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Under gloomy skies and light rain, a crowd gathered outside Wake Forest Town Hall Saturday, holding homemade signs and occasionally erupting with applause as speakers urged them to turn their opposition to the Trump administration into action at the ballot box.

“Do we believe in the power of the people? Do we believe in the power of our vote?” Keith Shannon, political action chair for the NAACP’s Wake-Wendell branch, asked the crowd. …

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