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Elections & Public Integrity
Elections & Public Integrity
We advocate for election and government integrity, investigate possible violations of election laws, and track threats to government integrity and to civilized public debate.
Elections & Public Integrity
Big Election Bill Makes a Host of Reforms
The bill includes several policy changes for which the John Locke Foundation has advocated
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Who Doesn’t Believe the 2024 Election Will Be Free and Fair?
Looking at the latest Civitas Poll, one question jumped out at me: North Carolinians’ faith in elections, however, is not assuring. Only half of likely North Carolina voters (50.7%) believe…
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North Carolina Supreme Court was Right in Reestablishing State Felon Voting Law.
The North Carolina Supreme Court recently issued three significant election rulings regarding Voter ID, Political Gerrymandering, and Felon voting. These decisions have led many left-wing activists to proclaim this “the…
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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…
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Fact-Checking: Governor Cooper’s Claim on the 2022 Districts Being Gerrymandered
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has recently made the national media rounds claiming that the current General Assembly is a partisan gerrymander. Does this claim have any merit? The short…
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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…
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Election Transparency: Planned Parenthood State-Level Campaign Spending
The North Carolina General Assembly is set to take up the veto override of SB20, the Care for Women, Children, and Families Act, much to the chagrin of Gov. Roy…
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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.…
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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]…
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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.
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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.
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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…