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Elections & Public Integrity
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We advocate for election and government integrity, investigate possible violations of election laws, and track threats to government integrity and to civilized public debate.
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Elections & Public Integrity
How Much Would SB 747 Impact Electioneering Groups?
North Carolina’s election reform bill, Senate Bill 747, would prevent “Zuck bucks” from being used to influence elections. The bill aims to prevent unlawful influencing of voters by tracking who…
Elections & Public Integrity
WRAL Discovers Strange New Beasts Called “Election Observers”
There have been some complaints about several election reform bills being considered in the General Assembly, including a bill on election observers. A Bill Clarifying What Election Observers Can and…
Elections & Public Integrity
2023 Mid-Year Campaign Finances: North Carolina Congressional Candidates
July 28 Update: The Excel spreadsheet containing North Carolina Congressional Candidate data now contains an in-state vs. out of state financial breakdown alongside links to Candidate specific financial breakdowns. Saturday,…
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Bill Delivers Much-Needed Clarity on Election Observers
The North Carolina State Board of Elections has tried to illegally restrict election observers several times recently. Vagueness both in state law and in regulations increases the potential for conflict…
Elections & Public Integrity
North Carolina Should Declare Its Independence from Touchscreen Voting
Below is a copy of my public comment submitted to the North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) on July 1, calling on them not to certify the ExpressVote 4.2.1.0…
Elections & Public Integrity
SB 749: The Good and Bad of North Carolina’s proposed board of elections changes
Senate Bill 749, “No Partisan Advantage in Elections,” passed along party lines in the North Carolina Senate and now moves on to the state House. As the bill’s name implies,…
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How Much Would the Senate Elections Bill Actually Impact Voters?
The proposed changes to mail-in voting would have minimal impact — in 2022, 99.8% of all ballots were in by election day. The impact of the bill’s changes to same-day…
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House Will Likely Join Senate in Batting Down Compelled Speech Veto
Here are some questions: Should government agencies train employees to believe that one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex? Should those agencies tell employees that…
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Elections & Public Integrity
Alabama Racial Gerrymandering Case Will Likely Have Little Impact on North Carolina
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Alabama’s congressional map was a racial gerrymander. The totality of several racial gerrymandering cases creates a safe harbor between violating the Voting Rights Act…
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Public Statements on Two Election Reform Bills
I offered public comments on two election reform bills before the North Carolina Senate Redistricting and Elections Committee on June 14. My prepared comments (which assumed a two-minute speaking time…
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State Board of Elections Wants Funds to Update Aging Computer Systems
The North Carolina State Board of Elections uses two computer systems to manage data such as campaign fiance reports, voter registration, and election counts. The Board has asked the General…
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Big Election Bill Makes a Host of Reforms
The bill includes several policy changes for which the John Locke Foundation has advocated