Stein has declared the Medicaid shortfall urgent and proposed a “Critical Needs Budget” for FY 2025–26 to address “funding needs that cannot wait until next year.” The proposal primarily focuses…
Prosecutors are often reluctant to bring charges in election fraud cases since they can be difficult to prosecute. One way to correct that problem is to expand the special prosecutor…
Although election fraud can take various forms, voting by mail (known as absentee voting in North Carolina) is uniquely vulnerable to fraud. When law enforcement and election officials fail to…
Introduction Civil asset forfeiture is a legal process that authorizes the confiscation of property suspected of having been used for, or derived from, criminal activity. Because the action is against…
North Carolina’s asset forfeiture regime includes provisions that protect innocent property owners and discourage abuse. The federal equitable sharing program allows North Carolina law enforcement agencies to circumvent those provisions.…
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…
Senate Bill 747 was a good bill when it passed the Senate. The House PCS makes it even better.
The bill includes several policy changes for which the John Locke Foundation has advocated
Last spring, former North Carolina Congressman and Trump administration official Mark Meadows faced allegations that he committed voter registration fraud: The allegation is that he registered to vote at a…
Hundreds of people who allegedly committed election fraud were referred to the State Board of Elections in 2020. The State Elections Board refers few elections fraud cases to prosecutors, and…
The Republican majority in the North Carolina General Assembly (specifically the Senate) is using the budget process to press some policy goals. One of those proposed changes in policy is…
Recent revenue reports project overcollections in the current fiscal year of $6 billion. This added windfall provides many options to budget writers. The Senate budget plan focuses on tax cuts…