Hot on the tail of the September 3 Common Cause v. Lewis ruling that overturned almost half of North Carolina's state legislative districts, Eric Holder's National Redistricting ... Keep Reading
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Fundamental principles of redistricting reform
After the Common Cause v. Lewis ruling, legislators are talking about passing redistricting reform. Substantive principles that should guide any reform include maintaining ... Keep Reading
With ballot harvesting operations in 9th District shut down, Bishop wins redo election
North Carolina held two odd-year congressional elections yesterday. Both resulted in Republican victories, giving that party a shot of confidence heading into the 2020 ... Keep Reading
Newspaper: The changing face of education in North Carolina
I was not shocked that the state, at least per capita, leads the nation in homeschooling. I've heard that before. What was a little shocking is that North Carolina is so far out in ... Keep Reading
More weirdness from Robeson County two weeks before election day
Over the years, we have come to expect election-year problems from politicians in Robeson County. Of course, we are having a redo of the 9th Congressional District due to ... Keep Reading
More to absentee ballot fraud in Bladen County? Part 2
Evidence shows that the Bladen County Improvement Association paid people who engaged in ballot harvesting A pattern of mass absentee ballot requests and mass absentee ... Keep Reading
More to absentee ballot fraud in Bladen County? Part 1
Who is Lola Wooten and why was Dan McCready’s lawyer trying to obscure her? An attorney for Dan McCready, Marc Elias, attempted to raise doubts about there being any ... Keep Reading
Modified anti-ballot harvesting bill moving in NC House
If we learned nothing else from the much-too-short hearing on alleged absentee ballot fraud in Bladen County during the 2018 election, it is that North Carolina desperately needs ... Keep Reading
Gov. Cooper demonstrates again what a sham so-called nonpartisan redistricting would be
The base political hackery that is Gov. Roy Cooper’s treatment of the NC State Board of Elections (SBE) continues apace. Gov. Cooper has lost three SBE chairs since December. ... Keep Reading
A joke about the sex lives of cows gives NC a final chance to mandate hand-marked paper ballots
Electronic touchscreen voting systems are vulnerable to malfunction and hacking North Carolina has had its own problems with touchscreen voting systems, causing thousands of ... Keep Reading
