The State Board of Elections has updated the state's voter registration applications to comply with Friday’s N.C. Supreme Court ruling regarding the voting rights of individuals convicted of felonies.
Published: Thursday, May 18th, 2023 @ 9:46 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Following a historic day when he was arraigned in New York on charges of 34 felony counts, President Donald Trump returned home to Mar-A-Lago and boasted that no other felon has ever been charged with this many felony counts in history.
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 10:10 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Trump Indictment Is Vague About A Key Requirement – The Underlying Crime That Would Make It A FelonyAlleges that he committed a felony in part because his lawyer paid too much in taxes
Published: Monday, April 10th, 2023 @ 8:55 am
By: Daily Wire
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Former President Donald Trump was arrested on Tuesday after surrendering himself to the Manhattan district attorney's office to face dozens of felony charges.
Published: Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 @ 5:49 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The man suspected of killing three Michigan State University students and critically injuring five more has been found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Published: Tuesday, February 21st, 2023 @ 11:10 am
By: Daily Wire
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Convicted felons should have their right to vote restored only after they have entirely repaid their debts to society
Published: Saturday, February 18th, 2023 @ 8:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Supreme Court will decide in the months ahead whether as many as 56,000 felons who have completed active prison terms but not finished their full sentences will remain eligible to vote in state elections.
Published: Wednesday, February 15th, 2023 @ 10:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new study has found that continuous marriage, particularly through the middle decades of life, lowers the risk of developing dementia, Neuroscience News reported.
Published: Sunday, February 12th, 2023 @ 1:49 am
By: Daily Wire
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The N.C. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Feb. 2 in a case addressing felon voting.
Published: Wednesday, January 11th, 2023 @ 7:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court will wait until 2023 to decide a case involving felon voting rights.
Published: Sunday, October 16th, 2022 @ 4:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislative leaders object to a proposal for the N.C. Supreme Court to hear oral arguments as early as this month in a felon voting case.
Published: Friday, October 14th, 2022 @ 8:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Felon voting supporters are urging the N.C. Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in their case in October or November.
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 @ 12:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. legislative leaders argue in a new court filing that supporters of felon voting have attacked the wrong state law in a suit now at the state Supreme Court.
Published: Sunday, September 25th, 2022 @ 9:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. legislative leaders argue that felon voting supporters are attacking a provision of the state constitution, not the 1973 law that re-enfranchises felons.
Published: Friday, September 16th, 2022 @ 7:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Former U.S. Rep. TJ Cox (D-CA) has been indicted on 28 felony counts of fraud, according to an indictment that was unsealed Tuesday in federal court.
Published: Friday, August 26th, 2022 @ 5:59 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Supporters of felon voting in North Carolina submitted their opening written arguments to the N.C. Supreme Court. The court's decision could affect 56,000 potential voters.
Published: Friday, August 19th, 2022 @ 7:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As of July 27, a 1973 N.C. law that laid out a path for felons to regain their voting rights is officially no longer in effect. This change means that around 56,000 felons in the state will now be able to register to vote and could be eligible to participate in the November 2022 midterms.
Published: Saturday, July 30th, 2022 @ 1:43 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Starting July 27, 2022, an individual serving a felony sentence who is not in jail or prison may register to vote and vote.
Published: Wednesday, July 27th, 2022 @ 10:47 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. Supreme Court has rejected without comment a proposal to speed up consideration of a lawsuit dealing with felon voting.
Published: Thursday, July 7th, 2022 @ 4:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. State Board of Elections is proceeding with plans for felons who have completed active prison time to be able to vote in the November elections.
Published: Monday, July 4th, 2022 @ 8:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawyers representing N.C. legislative leaders oppose an expedited schedule for a felon voting case at the state Supreme Court.
Published: Saturday, July 2nd, 2022 @ 11:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Plaintiffs seeking voting rights for 56,000 N.C. felons are asking the N.C. Supreme Court to expedite its schedule for considering the case.
Published: Thursday, June 16th, 2022 @ 11:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Steve Daines (R-MT), Josh Hawley (R-MO), John Kennedy (R-LA), John Thune (R-SD), and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced the Stop Gun Criminals Act
Published: Wednesday, June 15th, 2022 @ 9:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. Supreme Court will decide a case that could add 56,000 felons to North Carolina's voting rolls.
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 @ 6:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislative leaders want the full 15-member Appeals Court, with 10 Republicans and five Democrats, to reconsider a 2-1 split ruling on felon voting.
Published: Friday, May 6th, 2022 @ 1:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has split 2-1 to rule that felons can vote in N.C. elections starting in November. Two Democratic judges agreed to the change, while a Republican colleague dissented.
Published: Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022 @ 10:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new filing from N.C. legislative leaders asks the state Supreme Court to steer clear of a case involving voting rights for felons. A courtroom victory for the felons could add 56,000 people to the state’s voting rolls.
Published: Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 @ 1:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Court of Appeals has issued a temporary stay in a case dealing with felon voting in North Carolina. The stay blocks any felons from registering to vote until appeals in the case are resolved.
Published: Saturday, April 9th, 2022 @ 12:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Winners of a recent trial court ruling on voting rights for felons want the N.C. Supreme Court to take up the case. The ruling could affect 56,000 felons who have completed active prison time.
Published: Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 @ 7:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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2-1 Superior Court decision to grant voting rights to felons server probation or parole will likely be appealed
Published: Friday, April 1st, 2022 @ 5:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State legislative leaders want the N.C. Court of Appeals to block a ruling that could add 56,000 felons to the state’s voting rolls.
Published: Friday, April 1st, 2022 @ 11:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A three-judge Superior Court panel has ruled, 2-1, that felons who have completed their prison sentences in North Carolina must be permitted to vote.
Published: Tuesday, March 29th, 2022 @ 11:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses a Superior Court ruling that would give voting rights to all N.C. felons who have completed active prison time.
Published: Sunday, January 9th, 2022 @ 5:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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