Income tax cap: Lowers the existing cap from 7 to 3.5 percent

• It is not a tax cut. It applies to both the corporate and personal rate. Both rates are already scheduled to be below 3.5 percent next year.
• The NC General Assembly has been cutting income taxes for 13 years. This has disproportionately benefitted large corporations and those with high incomes.
• State revenue is falling as our population and costs grow. This is unsustainable and has led to underfunding of services and programs, and local governments paying for what are supposed to be state costs.
• Income tax cuts lead to increases in fees and sales taxes, and cuts to services.
• The income tax amendment would lock us into this situation effectively permanently.
• NC has never had a rate this low, and it will be locked into the constitution. This leaves the state unprepared for economic downturns and unforeseen circumstances like natural disasters.

Property Tax Levy Limit: Caps what local governments can collect, NOT your bill

• It is not a cap on an individual’s property tax bill. It is a cap on the total revenue a local government can collect in property taxes.
• State lawmakers already have the power to set a levy limit. Don’t need a constitutional amendment.
• Increasingly, local governments have been taking on costs that are supposed to be covered by the state and/or federal government. This amendment is likely to lead to service cuts as local governments struggle with state and local revenue constraints.
• It does not address housing unaffordability and would disproportionately benefit large corporate landowners like tech companies and corporate landlords.
• What the limit would be and how it would be derived is not public.

Before voting, consider the impact these amendments will have on your community:

• Who would benefit from these changes and who would be negatively impacted?
• What would these amendments mean for the funding of quality of life services my family and community rely on, like emergency services, community centers, libraries, public schools, water and sanitation…?
• How would these revenue constraints impact the ability of the state and local governments to provide services for a growing or aging population and respond to natural disasters or other unforeseen circumstances in the future, especially as costs rise?
• What are specific projects prioritized by our community that are most at risk for delay or cancellation if state funding is uncertain and local government cannot collect sufficient revenue from property taxes to supplement decreases in state investment? 
• How have state and federal funding levels changed over the last 5-10 years? What state funding responsibilities has my local government taken on over that same period?
• What specific funding shortfalls are we experiencing now,

including staffing shortages, school closures, or services interruptions?

• What are the other methods of generating revenue if income tax and property tax revenue is constrained. Will our locality be forced to rely more on unpopular fees?

Learn More:

• https://ncvoteagainst.org
•  https://ncvoteagainst.org/faq
• https://ncbudget.org/amendments/
• https://nchousing.org/no-real-relief-levy-limit-will-reduce-county-budgets-by-hundreds-of-millions-without-helping-homeowners/

NC Budget & Tax is hosting a webinar on 10/15 at 6pm. RSVP here: https://secure.everyaction.com/WC2gye__WEecipXZrtMWBg2

What “adding funds” means here

Most of these are independent expenditures—ads, mail, digital persuasion, and field programs—rather than checks written directly to a campaign. Federal law generally bars coordination between those outside groups and the candidates they support or oppose.ncsbe

The recent surge is concentrated against Balkcom: in the week of Oct. 5, outside groups reported $291,000 supporting candidates overall versus $2.3 million opposing candidates, and the anti-Balkcom groups account for most of that opposition total.donoralpha

Bottom line for NC‑11

• Ager is getting the most positive PAC support: Welcomepac, Fight for Working People, Project 218, CFFE PAC, AB PAC, and Way to Lead PAC.donoralpha
• Balkcom is getting the most negative PAC attention: Your Community PAC, HMP, SD 2026, NRDC Action Votes, and EDF Action Votes.donoralpha
• No Going Back PAC is the single dominant spender, with about $4.1 million tied to the race—almost all aimed at defeating Ager, plus a smaller pro-Balkcom buy.donoralpha
• AFP Action is the leading conservative group actively boosting Balkcom, with a reported $288,000 in support.donoralpha+1

These figures are a running tally as of Oct. 11, not a final Election Day forecast; groups can add 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports as voting proceeds, and early voting begins Oct. 15 with Election Day on Nov. 3

In January 2026, the Democrats fell to third place in NC voter registrations, and the Republicans rose to second place.

As of October 10 2026, the Democrats were back in second place, and the Republicans were back in third place.

Meanwhile independent voters remain in first place and by far are the fastest growing group of voters in North Carolina.

I'm not sure if this is the place to ask, but I can't find anyone talking about this anywhere else besides some news sources. I received a few of those Ready to Register dot org scam voter registration letters, and in hindsight it's so obvious, but I didn't second guess it and filled out the quick registration form online. It asked for name, dob, address, and email/phone number. How stupid of me! I clearly don't know anything about these types of scams - what does it mean now that they have this info, and is there anything I can/should do about it? I'm planning to early vote next week - will this be a problem now?

Good Evening North Carolinians,

I’m currently reading a ChatGPT for/against explanation of the proposed amendments this year. On the surface, the limit on property tax increase, for e.g., sounds reasonable, but I understand there are opponents arguing that it may create difficulties for certain municipalities to fund needed growth. I’d like to hear your takes- my goal is to vote for what’s best for everyone, including myself, in my state. I have not made a decision either way as I’d like to gather more info first. Any insight is appreciated and thank you in advance!