On May 11, I noted that the State Board of Elections (SBE) was proposing to expand the emergency powers of SBE Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell and that she “may be tempted to ... Keep Reading
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The General Assembly should provide election funds but also demand accountability from state elections board
The State Board of Elections is seeking up to $4.5 million from the General Assembly in order to match $22.5 million in federal grants. The General Assembly should exercise ... Keep Reading
A partisan lawsuit designed to gut absentee ballot protections
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
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
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
Don’t let a crisis be an excuse to permanently institute bad policy
President Barack Obama’s first chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, was perfectly Machiavellian in his advocacy for using crises to advance long-term policy goals: You never let a ... Keep Reading
In judicial overreach, appeals court judges block voter ID
Update: Two of the three judges who heard the appeal may have violated the North Carolina Code of Judicial Conduct. Both Judge John Arrowood and Judge Toby Hampson publicly stated ... Keep Reading
Election officials find fraud, but only when they try to find it
The NC State Board of Elections released a report detailing 570 cases of suspected election fraud that the board has referred to prosecutors: "In North Carolina, elections ... Keep Reading
Felons should not have their voting rights restored until their debt to society is paid in full
Restrictions on felon voting are allowed by both the U.S. and NC constitutions, and is the norm for most states. Despite claims that say otherwise, convicted felons on parole ... Keep Reading
