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The North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) has proposed a series of campaign finance rules and amendments. Brief summaries of the proposals are below, along with information on how…
The North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) has proposed changes to the recount process. I offered a public comment at an SBE hearing on June 8. The prepared text…
(UPDATE: Here is a recording of the public comment hearing on the proposed rules. I speak at the 1:12:00 mark.) The following public comment was made in a public hearing…
The North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) has announced a set of proposed rules for removing non-citizens from voter rolls: The State Board of Elections invites the public to…
Below is my prepared public comment before the North Carolina Senate Redistricting and Elections Committee Committee on June 20, 2024, in support of Senate Bill 630 “Constitutional Amendment/Citizens-Only Voting”. “I…
The difference in how signatures on the Green Party petition were analyzed from the instructions in Numbered Memo 2020-19 is a tacit admission that the standards the State Board used…
Haisten Willis of the Washington Examiner writes about conservative opposition to Biden administration executive actions. Conservatives are stepping up efforts to prevent President Joe Biden from legislating via executive order,…
Over the next few days, the General Assembly will be hosting another round of public comments on redistricting. Unfortunately, it will likely be similar to the last round of public…
All On The Line, a program of Eric Holder’s National Democratic Redistricting Committee, is seeking to use public hearings as a way to assist in future litigation of district maps.…
The NC State Board of Elections is attempting to make our elections process less transparent. The state board’s attempt to limit the number of observers to two per day is…
High Point Enterprise reports on last night’s presentation by proponents of the planned $45 million downtown baseball stadium. The 200 or so people who turned out at the downtown YMCA…
The City of Asheville has announced two meetings to collect input on proposed greenways. Saith the press release: Greenways are beneficial to community members because they provide safe and fun…