The North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) adopted several rule changes on July 16. The most controversial was a change from a requirement that county elections boards need a…
This is the first of a two-part series on proposed election rules changes. Part two will cover proposed rules for absentee voting and voting sites. The North Carolina State Board…
The North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) is in the process of fixing the registrations of “registered voters who do not have an N.C. driver’s license/DMV ID number or…
The North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) will work to collect missing data from hundreds of thousands of voter registrations this year. That will fix a problem the board…
County canvases are when the county boards of elections make their official tabulation of all votes in an election. By law, it starts at 11:00 AM, ten days after an…
I am assuming you already saw Project Veritas’ latest video, in which undercover reporters take advantage of poll workers to show how easy it is to commit voter fraud in…
WFDD reports (scroll down) more than 1,000 provisional ballots were cast during the March 15 primary—-three times as many as were cast in 20102, according to elections director Charlie Collicutt. Collicut cited…
The General Assembly just provided a little wiggle room for people who go to the polls next year and don’t have an acceptable photo ID. The bill, which was approved…
Headed to the poll on Tuesday? If you’re like me, you prefer to go to your regular polling place rather than cast a ballot during early voting. One of the…
In further reviewing the “oppressive” election law House Bill 589, here’s a follow up to an earlier post with a few more examples of how our new election law brings…
To recap: Representative Tim Moffitt spearheaded legislation that changed the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners from a five-seat to a seven-seat body. He also divided the county into districts. Republicans…
Jan Davis was elected for a third term on Asheville City Council, receiving only forty more votes than fourth-place contender Lael Gray. Then 213 provisional ballots were produced at the…