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Resident tells Onslow County commissioners: 'You are failing black women'; urges more early-voting access
Summary
At the May 4 meeting, public commenter Ari Rakowitz said Onslow County is failing Black women, described long waits for OB-GYN services at Onslow Memorial, criticized religious coercion in public settings, and urged the Board of Elections to add an early-voting site at Enso Pines rather than relocate an existing Georgetown site.
Ari Rakowitz used the board’s five-minute public-comment slot on May 4 to raise health-care, election-access and civil-rights concerns for Onslow County residents.
Rakowitz said the county is "failing black women even more than I'd realized," citing long waits for OB-GYN services and limited access at Onslow Memorial. They also asked the board to…
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