Vote Tracker has been updated with Election Day votes. Take a look at the updated ncvotetracker.com to see who turned out for May’s Primary Election.
Using ncvotetracker.com you will be able to break down the vote by the method of voting utilized – absentee (one-stop and by-mail), Election Day, provisional, transfer and curbside voting. You will also be able to look at voting within districts, including congressional, legislative, county and even precincts.
Beginning with this election, the recently implemented election reform law (Voter Information Verification Act, or VIVA) shortened the one-stop, in-person, early voting period from 17 to 10 days and eliminated same-day registration (SDR) altogether.
Though critics had worried the changes would discourage voters, the opposite happened: Turnout, rather than slumping, increased by 147,700 voters, more than a 5 percent increase over 2010. Disproving another claim from the Left, African-American turnout also increased during early voting and overall – by nearly 29.5 percent.
Even while the early voting period had been shortened by seven days in 2014, 91,630 more people voted early at one-stop sites this year than they did in 2010. Moreover, these numbers make it evident that SDR was not missed by the voters. SDR allowed voters to wait until the one-stop voting period to register to vote and vote at the same time. These voters were subsequently allowed to bypass the address verification process that all other voters were required to undergo before they were allowed to vote. It undermined the integrity of the voting process, and voters have just shown they didn’t really need it.
No doubt, the changes made to North Carolina’s election law will go largely unnoticed by the electorate, for many of the old changes were unneeded, and most of the new reforms are common-sense steps that will have little impact on voters. Those who do notice the changes will applaud the steps taken to introduce integrity into the voting process in North Carolina.
See for yourself at ncvotertracker.com.
“integrity into the voting process in North Carolina.”. Yes, sure, let’s see this “integrity” at work when the so called “poll watchers” appear to intimidate voters.
Yoyo Man, I have yet to witness a poll observer intimidate a voter. It is curious – progressives have such an aversion to poll observers from their own counties, but love it when international poll watchers come into our polling places. Personally, I don’t have a problem with either. I believe in transparency in the process. As for our home-grown observers, I have witnessed their benefit on several occasions – from pointing out precincts giving out the wrong ballot styles to reporting that other precincts were allowing provisional voters to place their ballots in the tabulator. While you may not like the observers personally, surely you will admit that at times their assistance can be helpful.
Susan,
Depends on your definition of a poll observer (in an official capacity) vs. a volunteer “poll watcher”. I concur the official poll observers are a different category of people than the unofficial variant.
It would appear that your experiences with poll watchers are very different from mine. I have personally witnessed some “poll watchers” verbally harass and intimidate campaign volunteers at polling places. This included racial slurs, threatening behavior, blocking of sidewalks to the polling place etc. etc. Just because you haven’t witnessed it doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened, or won’t happen in the future. The recent legislative changes will only embolden the volunteer “poll watchers” to harass & intimidate where they feel they may get away with it.
And I must correct you on your assertion that “progressives have such aversion to poll observers from their own counties”, that’s simply unfounded speculation on your part. On the contrary , I have no issue with official poll observers attempting to ensure the integrity of the election process, I do however have an issue with vigilante “poll watchers”.
YoYo Man, My definition of a poll observer or “watcher” as you put it, is definitely not the same as yours – it sounds like you are talking about campaign workers. As far as campaign workers I have heard complaints from every side of the isle on their behavior.
Susan, Why did you censor my post? Are you afraid to debate the merits of the new voting laws and the lack of evidence for need of an ID or why the entire process was made more difficult and early time period shorter?
This organization states it doesn’t censor input, though posts I have made have mysteriously vanished and do not appear on this site. When posting again, you are provided a message to the effect that “you have already said that”, and it still doesn’t post. One can only imagine there is censorship at work , or in giving them the benefit of the doubt, there is some IT gremlin at work.
YoYo,The only poll watchers I have ever seen were the two Black Panthers in Chicago with Billy Clubs trying to keep White people.from voting.Eric Holder,our Attorney General refused to charge with a crime.I guess that was o.k. with you and Lonnie.
YoYo,The only poll watchers I have seen were the Black Panthers in Chicago.They were intimidating White people from voting with Clubs.Obamas Attorney General,Eric Holder refused to investigate or charge them.Just because you make it up doesn’t mean it has happened.If you had seen this,the left-wing press would have that on TV forever.The press that reported the Panthers was Fox.The only press that reported it.