A race for the state Supreme Court is highlighting how changes in judicial elections may come back to bite the Democratic Party and the high court justice who once benefited from ... Keep Reading
Elections
Racist Roots: Progressives Sought White Supremacy in 1898
Editor's Note: In our Spring 2014 Civitas Review magazine, Civitas' Susan Myrick looked back at a dark chapter in North Carolina history -- the "White Supremacy" campaign of 1898. ... Keep Reading
Another Look at NC Election Results
Elections can be viewed at many different angles, from analyzing voter turnout to interpreting vote totals. That's what consultants and candidates do to win races and election ... Keep Reading
Civitas Partisan Index – 2012
2012 CPI Senate List 2012 CPI House List The Civitas Partisan Index has been updated to show the political balance of power in North Carolina as revealed in the 2012 elections. ... Keep Reading
The Whole Story about Voter Reforms in NC
Much has been said and written about the election law reform legislation known as VIVA (Voter Information Verification Act - HB 589) – but too many of the reports are misleading or ... Keep Reading
Portrait of a Hit Piece
Bill Moyers – for many years an advocate on television for liberal causes -- recently gave North Carolina a lesson in how to disguise bias and distortions as news, and we should ... Keep Reading
D.C.’s Misguided Attack on NC Voting Law
It is telling that when Washington decides to attack North Carolina’s new voting reforms, the nation’s top legal authority paints a misleading picture of those laws. Yesterday, ... 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
Money Monday, Not Moral Monday
Liberal protesters at the General Assembly have been claiming they are acting in the name of morality, but a new Civitas study shows the role played by money – more than $100 ... Keep Reading
