NC Asian Americans Together

Since 2020, registered Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander voters in North Carolina grew by 31% and about 72,000 voted early for the 2024 election. But Asian American organizers say many found the vote-by-mail process challenging, and that tensions have increased between parties at the polls.

North Carolina Asian Americans Together, El Pueblo, NC Black Alliance and other advocacy groups today called on voters in November to vote against a change to the state constitution that says noncitizens cannot vote in North Carolina — a prohibition that is already state law.

Indian American voters are excited about the possibility that Vice President Kamala Harris, being of Indian and Jamaican descent, could become the Democratic nominee for president. Indian Americans also make up the largest portion of North Carolina's rapidly growing Asian American and Pacific Islander population.

While Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders comprise just 4% of North Carolina's population, their numbers and political power are growing rapidly. Across the state, AAPI advocates are empowering their communities to speak up and participate during this election year.

Schools in south suburban Charlotte reflect a boom in Asian students. Jigna Patel is the principal of Ballantyne Elementary, where many students and parents share her Indian roots.

More than 1 million North Carolina residents have registered, or re-registered, to vote since the 2016 election. A lot of the new voters are young - and…

A new report shows Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial demographic in North Carolina.It also shows this group of largely independent voters…