Six redistricting reform proposals have been proposed in the NC General Assembly Most of the bills adhere reasonably well to substantive principles of redistricting reform ... Keep Reading
Elections
Common Cause brief exposes their partisan intent
Behind a veil of impartiality, Common Cause is seeking to get more NC legislative districts changed to favor Democrats. Examining one of the sets of districts Common Caused ... Keep Reading
Newspaper: North Carolina ground zero for competitive presidential campaign
The cover story for the September issue of Capitol Connection focuses on what is shaping up to be a raucous election in 2020. North Carolina is ground zero for a competitive ... Keep Reading
Fundamental principles of redistricting reform
After the Common Cause v. Lewis ruling, legislators are talking about passing redistricting reform. Substantive principles that should guide any reform include maintaining ... Keep Reading
Can court-ordered nonpartisan redistricting survive in the current political climate?
After a slow start, NC legislators are progressing on drawing new district maps per a court order Just under half of Senate and House districts need to be redrawn Tensions ... Keep Reading
Newspaper: The changing face of education in North Carolina
I was not shocked that the state, at least per capita, leads the nation in homeschooling. I've heard that before. What was a little shocking is that North Carolina is so far out in ... Keep Reading
More to absentee ballot fraud in Bladen County? Part 2
Evidence shows that the Bladen County Improvement Association paid people who engaged in ballot harvesting A pattern of mass absentee ballot requests and mass absentee ... Keep Reading
More to absentee ballot fraud in Bladen County? Part 1
Who is Lola Wooten and why was Dan McCready’s lawyer trying to obscure her? An attorney for Dan McCready, Marc Elias, attempted to raise doubts about there being any ... Keep Reading
A joke about the sex lives of cows gives NC a final chance to mandate hand-marked paper ballots
Electronic touchscreen voting systems are vulnerable to malfunction and hacking North Carolina has had its own problems with touchscreen voting systems, causing thousands of ... Keep Reading
Bad bill watch: The Left is pushing an extreme redistricting bill
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