Falls Lake, a public water supply, at a low level during the drought this summer. If amendments 2 & 3 pass, big water users like Duke Energy & data centers will receive the biggest tax cuts.
Concerned About Data Centers? How about High Prices?
This November, North Carolinians will vote on two constitutional amendments related to taxes. These amendments (Income and Tax) are written to sound like regular NC voters would get a tax break. In reality, the amendments would hand corporations the biggest tax cuts.
Property Tax Amendment: Restricts local governments’ power to decide property-tax rates.
Income Tax Amendment: Would cap the income tax rate at 3.5%, locking in recent tax cuts for the highest earners.
If passed, these amendments could devastate local budgets for schools or emergency services. They could also increase data center approvals, potentially harming local water supplies. Learn more below.
Vote AGAINST the amendments! Spread the Word!
Upcoming Events, Ways to Take Action
Sign the pledge to vote AGAINST the amendments: NC VOTE AGAINST | Protect North Carolina
Poll Greeting Training- Vote Against the Amendments! Online Trainings
- RSVP here
- An interactive, online training to learn how to talk to voters at the polls about the amendments. You’ll receive key information about the amendments themselves and why they are a bad deal for North Carolina, followed by practice conversations for how to connect with and persuade voters at the polls – right before they enter the voting booth. Provided by NC By The People in collaboration with Fund the Future.
Upcoming Press Conferences from Communities calling on a 2-year data center statewide moratorium + education on the tax amendments
- Richmond County Residents Join Call for State Data Center Moratorium, the threat of data centers to black cemeteries
- Oct 21, 12pm
- St. Stephen’s Church
- 434 St. Stevens Church Rd. Rockingham, NC 28379
- Durham Residents and workers call for State Data Center Moratorium & to Vote Against Amendments That Could Increase Data Centers
- Oct 21, 12:30pm
- CCB Plaza
- 201 N. Corcoran St. Durham, NC 27701
- Asheville Residents Call for State Data Center Moratorium
- Oct 23, 1pm
- Pack Square
- 80 Court Plaza. Asheville, NC 28801
Where do my candidates stand on data center issues?
The NC AI-Data Center Accountability Network has a non-partisan candidate questionnaire on data centers.
If your local candidates haven’t fill it out, ask them to! Email or call your candidates in your district and ask them to fill out this questionnaire on their policy positions on AI data centers in NC to provide voters with information. Don’t know who your candidates are? Find their information here. If you have any questions, please email ncdatacenternetwork@ncejn.org
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- Find your candidates here:
- Contact Information – Candidate Questionnaire: AI Data Centers – Google Sheets
We’ll add a link with all the candidate responses to the questionnaire soon, so you can see where your candidates stand.
What could happen if the tax amendments pass?
- Local governments could lose up to $18 billion per year in state funding and struggle to fund basic services.
- Data centers could increase. Desperate local governments would feel even more pressure to approve polluting projects, in a quest to replace lost tax revenue.
- Corporations would get the biggest tax cuts. Duke Energy could save $10 million in property taxes. (The average homeowner would only save $7 a month.)
- Sales tax, fines & fees go up- with corporations skipping out on taxes, local governments will have two choices: raise sales tax, fines & fees, or approve big projects like data centers.
Vote AGAINST the amendments!
Here is how the amendments are worded on your ballot.
