As we settle into the second week of absentee voting in North Carolina, let’s take stock of how voting by mail in North Carolina stacks up to previous midterm elections.…
This op-ed originally appeared in the Winston-Salem Journal on August 27. While Black voters have long been the most consistent supporters of the Democratic Party, they are also some of…
ActBlue has become a must-have fundraising tool for the left over the past two decades, raising billions of dollars for Democratic candidates. The organization has shown a troubling pattern of…
A bill in the General Assembly would regulate behavior at polling places and protect political signs outside those locations from theft or vandalism. House Bill 967, “Disorderly Conduct at Voting…
In the 8 years I’ve worked on and analyzed North Carolina campaigns, I’ve seen how legislative candidates run their campaigns wildly differently. Campaigns can range from tooth-and-nail battles where candidates…
NCFREE's 2023-24 Business Legislative Ratings report shows a strong shift in North Carolina Democrats away from free enterprise policies.
(Picture of Cornel West is Creative Commons by Gage Skidmore.) A pair of court cases concluded on August 12 confirmed that two new parties can be officially recognized and on…
Below is a copy of my written testimony to the North Carolina House Oversight and Reform Committee on the North Carolina State Board’s recent decision to certify the Constitution and…
The recent injection of campaign finance law changes into the HB237 conference report has garnered massive attention from both the media and the public. Many of them are unfamiliar with…
Brianna Lyman writes for the Federalist about two separate groups of critics for the Republican Party’s new chairman. The Republican National Committee (RNC) replaced its chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on Friday…
A concerned citizen forwarded an email to me earlier this week reporting that the Rowan County Board of Elections (BOE) office in Salisbury was left unlocked on the morning of…
The General Assembly overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 747, “An Act to Make Various Changes Regarding Election Law,” on October 10. The party-line votes were 30-19 in…