The firing of Kim Strach was a hypocritical partisan act by Gov. Roy Cooper’s State Board of Elections (SBOE) at the behest of his political team Changes at the SBOE leave the ... Keep Reading
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9th District race is between a lighting rod and a cipher
Dan Bishop easily won yesterday’s Republican primary, setting up a general election contest with Democrat Dan McCready. Other candidates in the general elections are Libertarian ... Keep Reading
Little crossover voting in 9th District Republican primary
On March 27, I wrote on the potential for “crossover voters” (people who usually affiliate with one party who vote in the primary of another party) to influence the outcome of the ... Keep Reading
A bill to put the fix in our democracy
Senate Bill 641 is one of several redistricting commission bills being considered in the General Assembly The bill would effectively gut the one-county requirement in the NC ... Keep Reading
A tentative half-step for absentee voting reform
The need to reform our absentee ballot process to protect the integrity of our votes was brought home by the alleged actions of Leslie McCrae Dowless, who is accused of harvesting ... Keep Reading
Prepaid ballot envelopes won’t help voters but will waste taxpayers’ money
Like many people, when I first heard N.C. Elections Board Executive Director Kim Strach’s proposal to address absentee ballot fraud by having pre-paid postage for absentee ballots, ... Keep Reading
More on the superiority of the electoral college
On the heels of a piece touting the superiority of the electoral college in the Fayetteville Observer, particularly for North Carolina, I also talked with Tyler Cralle about its ... Keep Reading
Electoral College gives North Carolina a commanding influence
Like many political issues today, North Carolinians have divided opinions about the way we elect our presidents. A Civitas poll released in March revealed that 47 percent of those ... Keep Reading
Making the Internet safe for incumbents
After a failed attempt last year to bring internet content under state laws regulating electioneering communication, the General Assembly is having another go at it this session. ... Keep Reading
Much needed absentee ballot reform is working its way through the General Assembly
McCrae Dowless’ alleged ballot harvesting on behalf of Mark Harris in last year’s 9th Congressional District race exposed the need for absentee ballot reform in North Carolina. A ... Keep Reading
