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Andy Bowline · NC Senate District 31

Field Guides

Even if I can't win yet, I can try to be useful. I hear a lot of the same questions, so I'm taking a crack at the stuff they make complicated on purpose. Hopefully it helps.

A growing stack of guides, free, no strings

Field Guide 01

Voting

They keep moving the goalposts. This is the version that fits in your head: registration, ID, mail ballots, and what to do if someone challenges your vote.

5 sections · 5-minute fast path

Field Guide 02

Property Taxes

It climbs every year and nobody explains why. Follow a $1,000 bill through Forsyth or Stokes County and watch the choices made in Raleigh land on your doorstep.

Scroll explainer · pick your county

Field Guide 03

Medical Bills

Got one that makes no sense? Same. How the number got so big, what to actually do about it, and the rights you've got in North Carolina.

4 chapters · interactive bill decoder

Field Guide 04

What is Leandro?

A plan to fund NC schools since 2004. A court order since 2021. The legislature wouldn't pay... and in 2026 the Supreme Court killed the case. The 30-year story, start to finish.

4 chapters · 30-year timeline

Field Guide 05

Your Power Bill

Three rate hikes in three Januaries, and two more already scheduled. Duke doesn't really make its money selling you electricity... it makes money building things, and your bill is the payment plan.

8 parts · every number sourced

Field Guide 06

Data Centers

Two projects the size of small towns want in next door, and most people heard the code names before anyone asked their opinion. What they are, who pays for the power, and what I'd file in Raleigh.

6 stops · every number sourced

Field Guide 07

Voter Fraud

Somebody at the cookout is sure the rolls are full of dead people and noncitizens. Eleven arguments, answered with North Carolina's own audits and press releases. Screenshot the card at the bottom and bring it with you.

11 questions · every number sourced

More on the way. Call it the part of a campaign that's trying to be useful, whoever you end up voting for.

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