On Tuesday, the North Carolina Senate voted to override Governor Roy Cooper's first veto of the new legislative biennium by a vote of 30-19.
Published: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 @ 12:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed Senate Bill 41, Guarantee Second Amend[ment] Freedom and Protections, including a pistol purchase permit repeal, Friday.
Published: Saturday, April 15th, 2023 @ 5:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, the North Carolina House approved a couple of 2nd Amendment protections and a safe storage initiative in the Judiciary 3 committee.
Published: Monday, April 3rd, 2023 @ 4:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Thursday, North Carolina Senate Republicans voted in favor of a bill with Second Amendment protections and a gun safety initiative.
Published: Monday, March 6th, 2023 @ 10:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, wants to remove North Carolina’s Jim Crow-era literacy test for voters. It “ought to be out of our constitution,” Berger said.
Published: Monday, February 13th, 2023 @ 6:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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How the Wilmington Insurrection has been mostly forgotten
Published: Wednesday, July 20th, 2022 @ 5:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sarah Westwood of the Washington Examiner focuses on the truth behind the spin surrounding Georgia’s voting reforms.
Published: Saturday, April 10th, 2021 @ 8:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican lawmakers are pushing forward two election-reform bills designed to shore up voting integrity following the 2020 general election debacle that included numerous accusations of fraud.
Published: Monday, April 5th, 2021 @ 10:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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If one isn’t paying attention to Second Amendment issues, they might not know North Carolina has lost a lot of ground compared to other states over the past few decades.
Published: Thursday, February 11th, 2021 @ 1:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In the forthcoming print edition of Carolina Journal, I make the case that the General Assembly should expand Second Amendment protections in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2021 @ 12:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers, union representatives, and government officials are calling for repeal of North Carolina’s prohibition on public-sector employee collective bargaining.
Published: Saturday, May 18th, 2019 @ 5:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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This overview is written for the purpose of educating North Carolina voters on the six proposed amendments to the North Carolina state constitution.
Published: Monday, September 10th, 2018 @ 4:55 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Liberals are desperate to prove that North Carolina's new election law constitutes the second coming of Jim Crow-era voter suppression. Their desperation reflects three desires.
Published: Friday, December 19th, 2014 @ 6:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Durham County officials on Monday destroyed gun registration documents stemming from a Jim Crow-era statute, ending months of legal uncertainty over ownership of the materials and threats of legal action had the records been preserved.
Published: Friday, October 10th, 2014 @ 11:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Durham County officials are awaiting a ruling from the state on what to do with tens of thousands of gun owners’ personal information now that the county’s Jim Crow-era gun registry has been repealed in a “very large” legislative victory.
Published: Monday, June 30th, 2014 @ 9:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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While the many are trying desperately to convince North Carolinians otherwise, the passage of House Bill 589 is unlikely to have a big effect on voter participation in 2014, 2016, and beyond.
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 @ 6:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the debate rages over photo voter ID, it is fascinating to listen to the arguments against the proposed law. The opposition continues to repeat the same old lines used back in 2005 when Georgia passed a similar photo ID bill.
Published: Tuesday, August 13th, 2013 @ 4:01 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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The Democrat complaint list goes on and on against photo voter ID in North Carolina: voter suppression, new Jim Crow laws, onerous requirements for college students to cast ballots, etc.
Published: Saturday, July 27th, 2013 @ 1:53 am
By: Thom Goolsby
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