Articles by Dr. Andy Jackson

Big Election Bill Makes a Host of Reforms

The bill includes several policy changes for which the John Locke Foundation has advocated

Reversing Course on Election Data-sharing Program Is Looking Better

I spent the better part of two years advocating for North Carolina to join the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), a program that would be a “strong tool to help…

Elections & Public Integrity

Limiting Gerrymandering in North Carolina

It has been several decades since North Carolina produced a set of congressional and state legislative redistricting maps that have survived for an entire decade. Courts have struck down many…

Research Brief

Elections & Public Integrity

The North Carolina Supreme Court Was Right on Redistricting Lawsuit. Now What?

The North Carolina Supreme Court correctly decided that partisan gerrymandering claims are “nonjusticiable, political questions.” The General Assembly should avoid using partisan data when it redraws maps later this year.…

Elections & Public Integrity

Court Found Voter ID is Constitutional. It Is Also Good Policy.

When the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled on our state’s voter ID law on April 28th, the justices only had to answer one narrow question: “[Does the voter ID law]…

Elections & Public Integrity

The Context for Three North Carolina Supreme Court Election Rulings

There will be other North Carolina election lawsuits, but these three cases may mark the start of a welcome reprieve from the current full-scale legal wars over North Carolina elections.

Elections & Public Integrity

North Carolina House Bill Would Require More Election Transparency

House Bill 816, would address two problems with current election administration practice and make our elections more transparent.

Research Brief

Elections & Public Integrity

Bill Limiting Early Voting Days Is a Step in the Right Direction, but a Small One

A bill in the General Assembly would reduce the maximum number of early voting days in North Carolina from 17 to eight. Reducing early voting has little to no impact…

Elections & Public Integrity

Two Questions About Election Reforms in the House Budget

The 415-page 2023 North Carolina House budget includes a two-page section on election reforms (PART XXVI, starting on page 345). It includes five reform proposals. Budgets have become vehicles for…

Elections & Public Integrity

Making Mail Ballots Due on Election Day Is Right

Too many people still believe everything will be fine if they put a ballot in the mailbox by election day.

Research Brief

Elections & Public Integrity

How 1,760 “Ghosts” Voted in the 2020 Election

A loophole in North Carolina law allows ballots from unverified registrations to be counted. About 1,760 ballots from never verified voter registrations were counted in the 2020 election alone. Ballots…

Elections & Public Integrity

Bill to Have Counties Equally Represented in Senate Will Fail

A bill in the General Assembly would amend the state constitution so that counties would be equally represented in the North Carolina Senate. House Bill 376 would amend the North…