May 4 lawsuit to overturn North Carolina’s absentee ballot protections is an openly partisan power grab Backers of the lawsuit are attempting to get the courts to usurp ... Keep Reading
Elections
State Board of Elections recommendations would weaken voter protections
The State Board of Elections is seeking to eliminate the witness requirement for absentee ballots, which would weaken the integrity of absentee voting. Signature matching could ... Keep Reading
Touchscreen voting is bad; choosing election systems by court decree is worse
Touchscreen voting is bad for elections and the State Board of Elections has failed NC voters by allowing their use The NAACP has sued the State Board of Elections and several ... Keep Reading
Two activists: conservatives are not doing enough to reach black voters
About 90 percent of African Americans consistently vote Democratic If Republicans could garner just 14-16 percent of their vote, it would be “game over” Two activists share ... Keep Reading
3 ways we can evaluate our political leaders during the coronavirus crisis
Extraordinary times filled with uncertainty does not mean politics and government recede from our lives. In fact, governmental power expands, and it allows us to glean additional ... Keep Reading
Progressive’s plans to expand ballot harvesting
Ballot harvesting undermines the democratic process and leads to multiple forms of absentee ballot fraud. Ballot harvesters and their allies seek to increase absentee-by-mail ... Keep Reading
Elections policy in the time of coronavirus
Public health and fiscal prudence dictates holding the 11th Congressional District special election in November. Given how much we don’t know about the coronavirus outbreak, it ... Keep Reading
Holding elections boards accountable is crucial to keeping elections clean
Incompetence or malfeasance by county or precinct election officials must be exposed to maintain the integrity of our elections The State Board of Elections must be held ... Keep Reading
On redistricting reform ‘who’ is less important than ‘what’
A simple focus on “who draws the maps” does not produce good redistricting reform North Carolina already has in place most of the rules needed to stop gerrymandering A ... Keep Reading
Voter ID: A commonsense solution to a real problem
Problems with voter registration lists make our elections vulnerable to fraud Voting fraud is under-detected, under-reported, and under-prosecuted Voter ID will help protect ... Keep Reading
