The NC State Board of Elections (SBE) is seeking to settle a lawsuit over absentee ballot procedures. In doing so, they are providing SBE Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell with ... Keep Reading
2020 election
Monday election data dump: almost 100,000 absentee votes added
For the next several weeks, I will be presenting data relevant to the 2020 election, with a focus on absentee ballot requests, accepted absentee and early returns, and voter ... Keep Reading
Could the media and polls be mistaken again in 2020?
There is a perception that polling in the 2016 presidential race melted down. But while that happened in key states, overall, most poll results weren’t far off the mark. The final ... Keep Reading
Vote Tracker: Absentee-by-mail voters so far skew much older than in 2016
Absentee voting rose steadily during the first week after absentee ballots were mailed out in North Carolina. According to Vote Tracker, 24,887 votes were returned as of September ... Keep Reading
Does a 40-year-old presidential campaign bolster the shy Trump voter theory?
I'm now just finishing W. Joseph Campbell's book "Lost in a Gallup: Polling Failure in U.S. Presidential Elections." [Full review forthcoming at Civitas] Given that President ... Keep Reading
State Board of Elections Executive Director tells local boards to accept illegally transmitted ballots
By state law (GS 163-231(b)(1)), absentee ballots can only be "transmitted by mail or by commercial courier service, at the voter's expense, or delivered in person, or by the ... Keep Reading
Group’s actions will cause more rejected absentee-by-mail ballots this year
We are aware of how groups on both sides of the political spectrum are pushing absentee-by-mail voting. One likely result of those efforts will be an increase in rejected absentee ... Keep Reading
The lie at the heart of the ACLU’s absentee voting lawsuit
The ACLU is suing North Carolina to repeal the witness requirement for absentee ballots. The ACLU claims that the witness requirement does not serve “any valid governmental ... Keep Reading
Judge rejects most of Democracy NC’s latest “sue until blue” election lawsuit
Federal District Court Judge William Osteen issued an injunction in the case of Democracy NC v NC State Board of Elections on August 4. Osteen rejected most of the plaintiffs' ... Keep Reading
