While there are a couple of bipartisan redistricting bills being considered in the General Assembly, leftist groups are pushing a more extreme bill The proposed constitutional ... Keep Reading
Common Cause v. Lewis: same dog barking up a different tree
Common Cause v. Lewis is based on a dubious claim for “fair” legislative districts Plaintiffs are trying to stretch clauses of the NC Constitution beyond anything established by ... Keep Reading
Bad bill watch: Digital communication bill would restrict political speech without protecting elections
House Bill 700 seeks to impose restrictions on online political speech that would mostly affect political newcomers and challengers Overseas troll factories and dark money ... Keep Reading
Anti-ballot harvesting bill is good, but could lead to new problems
A proposed bill in the North Carolina Senate would combat ballot harvesting through several changes in election law It would also reinstate early (one-stop) voting on the last ... Keep Reading
No, North Carolina is not turning blue (Part 2)
A study of NC Council of State races from 2004 to 2016 found that, rather than turning blue, North Carolina has trended slightly Republican An examination of voting patterns in ... Keep Reading
No, North Carolina is not turning blue (Part 1)
While Republicans are slowly catching up with Democrats in total voter registration, the number of new unaffiliated voters in North Carolina far outstrips the number of new ... Keep Reading
Kim Strach firing tells all we need to know about what Roy Cooper means by “nonpartisan”
The firing of Kim Strach was a hypocritical partisan act by Gov. Roy Cooper’s State Board of Elections (SBOE) at the behest of his political team Changes at the SBOE leave the ... Keep Reading
A bill to put the fix in our democracy
Senate Bill 641 is one of several redistricting commission bills being considered in the General Assembly The bill would effectively gut the one-county requirement in the NC ... Keep Reading
The national popular vote compact is a horrible idea and NC citizens know it
National polls find plurality support for getting rid of the Electoral College, but not enough to force a change in the Constitution. A Civitas poll of North Carolinians finds ... Keep Reading
Rucho v. Common Cause: A tale of three maps
If the Supreme Court upholds a lower court ruling in Rucho v. Common Cause, it would overturn precedent, which maintains that partisan gerrymandering is a “nonjusticiable political ... Keep Reading
