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Updated: Riggs Is Unlikely to Overcome 8,000-Vote Gap Against Griffin

November 19, 2024 UPDATE While we will have a statewide recount, it appears that incumbent North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs has achieved the unlikely, pulling ahead of Griffin…

The 2024 Election Provides More Reasons to Switch to Hand-Marked Paper Ballots

Incidents in other states in the November 5 election have highlighted problems with ballot-marking devices (BMDs): touchscreen voting machines that produce a small paper ballot that is then fed into…

Fact-Checking Josh Stein’s Criticism of the Opportunity Scholarship Program: Part Two

As discussed in the previous brief, Attorney General Josh Stein, the next governor of North Carolina, issued several criticisms of the Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) on Spectrum News’ Capital Tonight…

Six Years Later, Not a Single New Home Built for Victims of Matthew and Florence

Six years later, North Carolina’s government agency tasked with rebuilding after Hurricanes Matthew and Florence has failed to complete the construction of even one new home and has repaired less…

What to Expect on Election Night in North Carolina

While it may be hard to predict the outcome of many races in North Carolina tonight, we have a pretty good idea of how the evening and subsequent days will…

Races to Watch Tonight

Election day is upon us, and with it come many eyes on battleground states like North Carolina that will determine who will be the next President of the United States. …

Josh Stein’s Criticism of the Opportunity Scholarship Program Undermined by the Law He Has Pledged to Uphold

Josh Stein is North Carolina’s attorney general. He’s also the Democratic nominee for governor. Last week Stein was interviewed by Tim Boyum of Spectrum News’ Capital Tonight program on various…

11-4 Data Dump: Republicans Maintain Edge on Election Eve

As North Carolina gears up for election day, let’s take a final look at the data on the pre–election day ballots. Most of the data will come from the John…

Millions are flowing into state elections; what do NC’s latest finance reports tell us?

With less than a week until election day, candidate third-quarter finance reports are beginning to be posted on the State Board of Elections website. Unlike federal elections with the FEC, reports…

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Election Reflections from a Visit to Hurricane-Ravaged Western North Carolina

We have all seen the scenes of utter devastation after Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina. Yet most county boards of elections were up and running within a few days,…