The July issue of NC Capitol Connection shows Gov. Roy Cooper with a commanding ten-point lead over potential Republican nominee Lt. Gov. Dan Forest. The statewide poll was ... Keep Reading
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The chaos that is Roy Cooper’s Board of Elections
North Carolina State Board of Elections chairman Bob Cordle resigned yesterday after public outcry over a joke involving cattle sexuality he told to a conference of hundreds of ... Keep Reading
Voting in September 10 election has begun and Vote Tracker is up
The first seven absentee-by-mail ballots in the September 10 elections were submitted yesterday. All seven were submitted to the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections. Of those ... Keep Reading
Common Cause v Lewis and the dangers of bad redistricting reform
The trial phase of Common Cause v Lewis ended last Friday, and we likely have a couple of weeks before we hear the ruling from the Wake County Superior Court. This is a good time ... Keep Reading
Testimony reveals partisan hypocrisy at the heart of Common Cause v Lewis
Testimony, yesterday by an attorney who worked with Democrats on drawing legislative districts in 2017, revealed the hypocrisy of the Democratic plaintiffs in Common Cause v. ... Keep Reading
Bad bill watch: The Left is pushing an extreme redistricting bill
While there are a couple of bipartisan redistricting bills being considered in the General Assembly, leftist groups are pushing a more extreme bill The proposed constitutional ... Keep Reading
North Carolina can implement voter ID while lawsuit continues
A panel of three NC Superior Court judges denied a motion to suspend implementation of North Carolina’s voter ID law last Friday as a lawsuit against the law continued. They also ... Keep Reading
Common Cause v. Lewis: same dog barking up a different tree
Common Cause v. Lewis is based on a dubious claim for “fair” legislative districts Plaintiffs are trying to stretch clauses of the NC Constitution beyond anything established by ... Keep Reading
Digital electioneering bill is dead, but it is not buried
We at Civitas have written several times over the past few weeks about H 700, a bill that would add restrictions on online political speech. I noted last week that the bill ... Keep Reading
Bad bill watch: Digital communication bill would restrict political speech without protecting elections
House Bill 700 seeks to impose restrictions on online political speech that would mostly affect political newcomers and challengers Overseas troll factories and dark money ... Keep Reading
