A proposed bill in the North Carolina Senate would combat ballot harvesting through several changes in election law It would also reinstate early (one-stop) voting on the last ... Keep Reading
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Rucho v Common Cause is not even the beginning of the end of the redistricting fight
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that “(p)artisan gerrymandering claims present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts”. The 5-4 decision followed precedent ... Keep Reading
2020 is looking like another close election
Close elections have become as North Carolinian as barbecue. Based on (an admittedly very early) Civitas/Harper poll, it appears that we are going to be in store for more of the ... Keep Reading
Early voting patterns suggest an advantage for Murphy in NC 3 runoff
Dr. Joan Perry got a boost this week in the increasingly contentious race with NC Rep. Greg Murphy for the Republican nomination in the Third Congressional District. Joe Anne ... Keep Reading
Election fraud in NC is grossly under-reported
Three people were arrested in eastern North Carolina this week on voting fraud charges after the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation conducted an investigation into ... Keep Reading
No, North Carolina is not turning blue (Part 2)
A study of NC Council of State races from 2004 to 2016 found that, rather than turning blue, North Carolina has trended slightly Republican An examination of voting patterns in ... Keep Reading
Born Alive Act personifies political divisions in state and nation
The Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act personifies much of the current political and cultural divisions in the nation. As expected on June 5, Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of ... Keep Reading
No, North Carolina is not turning blue (Part 1)
While Republicans are slowly catching up with Democrats in total voter registration, the number of new unaffiliated voters in North Carolina far outstrips the number of new ... Keep Reading
Rucho v Common Cause: A clear precedent and no shortage of friends
The stakes in Rucho v. Common Cause, the North Carolina partisan gerrymandering case currently being considered by the Supreme Court, just got higher. The high court stayed lower ... Keep Reading
Dan McCready wisely avoids progressive Democrats and causes
In a post last week, I noted that the 9th Congressional District race between Democrat Dan McCready and Republican Dan Bishop would boil down to McCready trying to prove that ... Keep Reading
