Last week, Civitas re-released a four-part series investigating highly questionable dealings of the State Board of Elections (SBE), including the massive, hidden and undue ... Keep Reading
Election Reform Quiz 5
North Carolina’s extensive election reform bill is quite lengthy, reaching 49 pages in length. Such a detailed bill provides an abundance of new rules and procedures. Civitas digs ... Keep Reading
WSSU Voter Mailings Reveal Forsyth Election Problems
The recent discovery of important voter mailings stacked up in a post office underlines long-standing failures by elections staff that the Forsyth County Board of Elections (BOE) ... Keep Reading
North Carolina Election Reform Quiz 4
The Civitas quiz took last week off due to Labor Day, but there is still much to learn about the election reform bill. Test your knowledge with part 4 of the election reform ... Keep Reading
The Facts Behind the Watauga County Elections Changes
The Watauga County Board of Elections met on August 12 and "welcomed" a new board member who was ultimately elected chairman, Luke Eggers , a Republican. He had been sworn in ... Keep Reading
The Way We Were – The Troubled Culture of North Carolina Elections
It is expected to take a little more than two years to implement the new voter photo ID law, but it will take a lot longer to change the dysfunctional culture that is entrenched in ... Keep Reading
The Strange Case of the Missing Voters
With the passage of HB 589 VIVA/Election Reform, the North Carolina legislature has produced the first comprehensive updating of our election laws in several decades. Until now our ... Keep Reading
Election Complaints Must Be Shared with Public
Imagine that you are in charge of an event of statewide or even national importance. You must interact with thousands of people over the course of months, with the action ... Keep Reading
Public Campaign Financing Quiz
North Carolina has been using public funds and taxpayer dollars to subsidize political campaigns for several years. How much do you know about our state’s system of public campaign ... Keep Reading
Guiding the NC Elections Board – to the Left
By now you may have heard about the letter Civitas received from a law firm on behalf of the NC NAACP. As part of its lawsuit against North Carolina's new voter ID law they sent us ... Keep Reading
