North Carolina voters want bar and restaurant owners to have the ability to set their own smoking policy according to a new poll released today by Civitas Institute.

According to a new poll released today by Civitas Institute, 54 percent of North Carolina voters prefer the current federally supervised secret ballot elections for unionization as opposed to an open card-check effort, which aspires to force workers into publicly displaying personal votes. Only 32 percent of voters prefer the card-check method. Fourteen percent of voters were unsure.

Americans for Prosperity-North Carolina's 2009 Legislative Agenda.

Americans for Prosperity opposes Governor Perdue’s proposal, advanced on her first day to create a taxpayer-supported endowment fund that would provide equal amounts of campaign money to gubernatorial candidates, forcing North Carolinians to fund candidates with which they may or may not agree.

Voters across North Carolina sent a clear message to state legislators last Tuesday when all 16 tax-hike referenda including proposed sales, real-estate, and meals taxes were voted down, many by huge margins.