The first votes of the 2020 primary have come in. As always, you can follow the votes at Civitas’ VoteTracker site. The difference this year is that we have enhanced the user ... Keep Reading
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Watchdog group says that two North Carolina counties have more registered voters than voting-age citizens
A national watchdog alleges that the Guilford and Mecklenburg county board of elections are in violation of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) and has threatened to sue the ... Keep Reading
Voter ID should be reinstated in time for the general election
S. District Court Judge Loretta Biggs issued a preliminary injunction against North Carolina’s voter ID law based on an unreasonable standard. Attorney General Josh Stein will ... Keep Reading
State elections board fails NC voters again
Roy Cooper's North Carolina State Board of Elections continues to be immersed in a cloud of chaos and has now voted to allow untested voting machines to be certified for use in ... 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
Will impeachment be a blip compared to the economy for North Carolina in 2020?
Impeachment is all the rage in Washington D.C. It's the focus of the pundits and most news outlets and even President Donald Trump amps up the noise with his Twitter storms ... Keep Reading
Edgecombe, Nash officials put their thumbs on the scale in Rocky Mount mayoral race (updated)
(10-18-2019 Update below) An early voting location opened in Rocky Mount today for a mayoral runoff election, but most city residents cannot legally vote there. How can that ... Keep Reading
A proposal to gerrymander in the name of stopping gerrymandering
I have previously noted that Common Cause was unhappy with a few of the General Assembly districts created in the wake of Common Cause v. Lewis. There is someone else so unhappy ... Keep Reading
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
