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
Elections
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
Forest trails Cooper in governor’s race poll – implications for 2020
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper leads potential Republican challenger Lt. Gov. Dan Forest in June 2019 Civitas Poll Initial poll results provide insights about the starting line ... Keep Reading
A cure worse than the disease: Internet speech regulations hurt more than they help
By Matt Nese and Donald Bryson Would elections be more secure if it was harder for Americans to speak about them? That bizarre proposition has been put into legislation in North ... 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
Taxpayer-funded campaigns are the wrong solution to big money in politics
The scandal involving political mega-donor Greg Lindberg is given as a reason by progressives to reinstate taxpayer-funded political campaigns But this practice compels people ... Keep Reading
