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
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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
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
A tentative half-step for absentee voting reform
The need to reform our absentee ballot process to protect the integrity of our votes was brought home by the alleged actions of Leslie McCrae Dowless, who is accused of harvesting ... Keep Reading
Prepaid ballot envelopes won’t help voters but will waste taxpayers’ money
Like many people, when I first heard N.C. Elections Board Executive Director Kim Strach’s proposal to address absentee ballot fraud by having pre-paid postage for absentee ballots, ... Keep Reading
Much needed absentee ballot reform is working its way through the General Assembly
McCrae Dowless’ alleged ballot harvesting on behalf of Mark Harris in last year’s 9th Congressional District race exposed the need for absentee ballot reform in North Carolina. A ... Keep Reading
State Board of Elections’ absentee ballot fraud recommendations are insufficient
I had the opportunity to sit in on a hearing of the General Assembly’s House Committee on Elections and Ethics Law last Wednesday. On the agenda of that hearing was a report by ... Keep Reading
Reforms Needed to Address Ballot Harvesting: Part 2
Update: An earlier version of this article read, "Under current law, anyone can submit absentee ballot applications on behalf of anyone else." whereas it should have read, "Under ... Keep Reading
Reforms Needed to Address Ballot Harvesting: Part 1
Ballot harvesting is a crime that has long plagued North Carolina politics Current law makes it unnecessarily difficult to prosecute or prevent ballot harvesting There are ... Keep Reading
State Elections Board Bill a Nod to Voters
A bill entitled, "Bipartisan State Board Changes" – House Bill 1029 – (Reps. Torbett, R-Gaston and Iler, R-Brunswick), which sailed to passage in the General Assembly yesterday, ... Keep Reading
