National polls find plurality support for getting rid of the Electoral College, but not enough to force a change in the Constitution. A Civitas poll of North Carolinians finds ... Keep Reading
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The California commission is redistricting done wrong
In part of an editorial calling for the US Supreme Court to strike down North Carolina’s Congressional Districts in the Rucho v. Common Cause, the editorial board of the ... Keep Reading
Crossover voters and the potential for more chaos in the 9th District
The Republican primary in the new 9th Congressional District race is looking less and less like strictly an affair for Republicans and folks who tend to vote Republican. The ... Keep Reading
NC 3rd CD special election: a crowded field and a likely Republican win
NOTE: This post has been updated to include candidates from the Libertarian and Constitution parties. The race to fill the late Rep. Walter Jones’ seat in the NC 3rd ... Keep Reading
The 2019 NC congressional primaries are on and Vote Tracker is up
Absentee voting in the 3rd Congressional District has begun. As always, whenever there is congressional or statewide voting going on in North Carolina the Civitas Institute will be ... Keep Reading
State Board of Elections’ absentee ballot fraud recommendations are insufficient
I had the opportunity to sit in on a hearing of the General Assembly’s House Committee on Elections and Ethics Law last Wednesday. On the agenda of that hearing was a report by ... Keep Reading
HR1 does nothing about ballot harvesting but it should
I do not normally write about tweets, but there were a couple this past weekend that are worth mentioning since they cover differing views about important topics, including HR1 and ... Keep Reading
Balancing voters’ convenience with children’s safety
With growing concerns about school safety, should schools be forced to open their doors to hundreds of unchecked adults? Under current North Carolina law, election officials can ... Keep Reading
Redistricting Commission: pipe dream or new reality?
There are two bills in the General Assembly that would create redistricting commissions Both would prohibit the use of data on partisan voting patterns while drafting maps ... Keep Reading
Common Cause v. Lewis and the Will to Power
Fairness in legislative map drawing is not the primary motivation for the lawsuit The plaintiffs’ real motivation is access to power and more Democrats in the state ... Keep Reading
