I wrote last week about how NC State Board of Elections (SBE) Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell had ordered county election officials to accept absentee ballots that they know ... Keep Reading
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No, Trump did not advocate for voting twice, but he was still (partially) wrong
The news has been full of headlines like "Trump appears to encourage North Carolinians to vote twice to test the system" or "Trump encourages supporters to vote twice, which is ... 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
How to vote absentee-by-mail while protecting your vote from fraud
While the danger of absentee ballot fraud is real, you can protect your vote Be careful of absentee ballot request forms sent from political organizations Avoid having people ... 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
NC voters will use mail ballots much less than NC elections board predicts, but will vary by county
This article was made possible by research by Carlos Massana and Katie Wooten. The NC State Board of Elections is assuming that mail voting will account for 30-40% of all ... Keep Reading
State elections board is planning for the wrong election and potentially endangering voters
The State Board of Elections is preparing for 30% to 40% rate of mail-in voting this fall. The available data indicates that the actual figure will be much lower. Significant ... Keep Reading
Election bill passes House but still has major problems
I wrote on May 27 that there were three major problems with H1169, the Bipartisan Elections Act of 2020: Reducing the witness requirement for absentee ballots from 2 to 1 ... Keep Reading
Coronavirus elections bill has some bitter medicine, but is it necessary?
(Correction added on May 23 to item 3 under "changes for 2020 only.") We knew that it was coming. Since the coronavirus began affecting government policy back in March, I ... Keep Reading
