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Elections & Public Integrity
Elections & Public Integrity
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Elections & Public Integrity
“Zuck Bucks” 2.0 Rolls into North Carolina
Private election administration funding, or "Zuck bucks," influenced the outcome of some races in the 2020 election in North Carolina. A new organization called the U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence…
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A “Governing Super-Majority” Should Not Need Parliamentary Stratagems to Win
In short, there is little functional difference between the current House rules providing for veto override votes without prior notice and previous rules that resulted in the House functioning under…
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Cawthorn Does Final Constituent Disservice on the way out
New 11th District Congressman Chuck Edwards has had to issue a press release asking constituents with "outstanding or unfinished casework" to contact his office because former Congressman Madison Cawthorn failed…
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State Board of Elections Announces Max Contribution Increase for 2024 elections
Early last week North Carolina State Board of Elections issued a statement announcing an automatic adjustment to campaign contribution limits, increasing the maximum contribution from $5,600 to $6,400. The state…
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North Carolina Republican Voter Registrations to Eclipse Democrats by 2029
How did voter registration in North Carolina change in 2022? What can we expect for voter registration in the state in 2023 and beyond? Let’s find out using the John…
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Attorney General Declines to Prosecute Mark Meadows for Voting Fraud
Last spring, former North Carolina Congressman and Trump administration official Mark Meadows faced allegations that he committed voter registration fraud: The allegation is that he registered to vote at a…
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Lame Duck North Carolina Supreme Court May Have Just Paved the Way for Redistricting Reversal
The recent North Carolina Supreme Court ruling on redistricting could pave the way for the General Assembly to draw new state House and Senate districts in 2023.
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Justice Berger Channels His Inner Scalia in Voter ID Dissent
With the Republican sweep of Supreme Court elections last November, we will soon see more of what Justice Berger's majority opinions look like.
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Allison Riggs Will Likely Have a Short and Unhappy Tenure on the Court of Appeals
After a year or two of issuing minority reports, [Riggs] will be more than ready for a change.
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North Carolina Democratic Party Faces Further Division Following 2022 Election Results
The North Carolina Democratic party saw significant movement in their party leadership recently, with more likely to come. WRAL’s Paul Specht in a long-winded but excellent report, which I encourage…
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Here Is a Novel Idea: Let the Constitution Decide Moore v. Harper
The U.S. Constitution grants state legislatures the power to regulate congressional redistricting There are different interpretations of how to define “state legislature” No matter which interpretation the U.S. Supreme Court…
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What WRAL Gets Wrong About North Carolina’s Congressional Districts
WRAL recently came out with an editorial on Moore v. Harper, a United States Supreme Court case on who gets to draw North Carolina’s congressional districts. The editorial started with…