Elections & Public Integrity
Elections & Public Integrity
Elections & Public Integrity
Scheme to Remove GOP Justices Called Off
RALEIGH – In a victory for the voters of North Carolina, and after unrelenting exposure by the Carolina Journal, the nonprofit journalism arm of the John Locke Foundation, the state Supreme Court…
Elections & Public Integrity
Proposed Remedial Map Cracks Greensboro to Subsume Rural Voters
As part of the North Carolina League of Conservation Voters v. Hall lawsuit, plaintiffs’ attorneys put forward what they call “optimized maps.” They claim that those maps “reduce the number…
Elections & Public Integrity
North Carolina League of Conservation Voters Congressional Map Creates an 8-6 Democratic Advantage
Lawsuits over North Carolina’s new congressional and state legislative maps have been fast-tracked by the courts and will be heard right after the New Year’s Holiday. The North Carolina League…
Elections & Public Integrity
North Carolina’s “Whole County Provision” was No Historical Accident
The Whole County Provision (WCP), found in Sections 3 and 5 of Article II of the North Carolina Constitution, states, “No county shall be divided in the formation of a…
Elections & Public Integrity
North Carolina is Middling on Election Integrity Scorecard
North Carolina is not the best or even close to the best regarding election integrity. But it is not the worst either. North Carolina ranks 24th of 50 states and…
Elections & Public Integrity
Modems Removed from Voting Machines in Watauga County
The Watauga County Board of Elections (BOE) removed modems from 29 ballot scanners. In a statement noting the removal, they say that the modems were never used. That is part…
Elections & Public Integrity
Whiplash: A String of Reversals Will Make Voters Wait until May to Vote in Primaries
[See updates below.] The North Carolina Court of Appeals has temporarily put candidate filing for North Carolina General Assembly and congressional races on hold: “The North Carolina Court of Appeals…
Elections & Public Integrity
In praise of C-shaped districts
When looking at the new North Carolina Senate district map, you can see several examples that look like classic gerrymandering. However, a little knowledge of the area shows that, in…
Elections & Public Integrity
New North Carolina Congressional Map Splits Relatively Few Counties and Municipalities
Avoiding splitting political units (counties, municipalities, and precincts) was part of the criteria adopted by the General Assembly at the start of the redistricting process. Let’s see how well they…
Elections & Public Integrity
Reminder: North Carolina Has the Longest Mail Voting Period in America
I recently provided public testimony in support of making election day the deadline for county boards of elections to receive absentee-by-mail ballots. There is a myth that, under current law,…
Elections & Public Integrity
Miss Our Conversation With Authors of “The Vote Collectors”? Watch It Now.
On Monday, Nov. 15, I talked with Michael Graff and Nick Ochsner, co-authors of the new book, “The Vote Collectors,”which chronicles the 2018 voting shenanigans in Bladen County that drew national…
Elections & Public Integrity
New Civitas Poll: Majority of NC Voters Think They’ll Be Worse Off After Biden’s Term
RALEIGH – Concern about the future looms in North Carolina voters’ minds, according to the latest Civitas Poll. As President Joe Biden’s job approval hangs at 39% and pain over inflation hits…