Lawmakers should act while courts ponder the state’s previous reforms. Common-sense steps can help ensure all voters are treated equally. Better ID and SDR procedures would ... Keep Reading
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SCOTUS Splits on N.C. Voter ID and Election Reform – N.C. Voters Lose
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused Gov. Pat McCrory’s request to delay an injunction blocking several provisions in the 2013 election reform legislation known as VIVA - Voter ... Keep Reading
Donald Trump Is Right: People Could Vote 10 Times
Presidential candidate Donald Trump in a FOX News interview said, "People are going to walk in and vote ten times maybe -- who knows?" Trump couldn't be more right. Without ... Keep Reading
One Elections Board Member Vetoes Hour Changes
Many county election boards can accommodate early voters with fewer hours, thus saving money One member of the State Board of Elections, however, is preventing counties from ... Keep Reading
VIVA Ruling May Bring Back Election Chaos
The hearing that will determine the fate of North Carolina’s election reform law wrapped up Aug. 7. Groups that included the NC NAACP and the League of Women Voters of NC, joined ... Keep Reading
North Carolina 2014 Election Turnout Refutes Claims of Voter Suppression
Hans von Spakovsky, in a recent article written for the Heritage Foundation, lays out the facts surrounding the lawsuits that would roll back North Carolina's election reform ... Keep Reading
Vote Law Opponents Stuck in the Past
Civitas' Susan Myrick is in Winston-Salem covering a federal court case over whether North Carolina's new voting law is constitutional. She'll be back soon to provide a fuller ... Keep Reading
GOP Caves on Voter ID
In a stunning development, the General Assembly has virtually repealed the voter ID requirement. Note how on our current web page a featured story by Susan Myrick shows how the ... Keep Reading
Anti-VIVA Activists Battle Facts
The court battle over the Voter Information Verification Act (VIVA), the landmark election reform legislation signed into law in 2013, will begin again in a few weeks. U.S. Judge ... Keep Reading
NC Voters Strongly Back Laws Protecting Election Process
March 11, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Susan Myrick (919) 834-2099 susan.myrick@nccivitas.org RALEIGH – The most recent Civitas Poll shows North Carolina voters ... Keep Reading
