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The State Board of Elections and local district attorneys argue that a recent change in North Carolina election should prompt a federal court to throw out a lawsuit from felon voting advocates.
Published: Saturday, March 30th, 2024 @ 5:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Felon voting advocates argue in a new court filing that North Carolina's new election law should have no impact on their federal lawsuit.
Published: Monday, March 18th, 2024 @ 3:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina State Board of Elections filed a court document Thursday explaining why a February trial could prove difficult in a federal lawsuit challenging the state voter ID law.
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2024 @ 11:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Party, and two local GOP officials seek to intervene in three federal lawsuits challenging the state's new election law.
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2024 @ 2:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Top legislative leaders filed paperwork Monday to intervene in three federal lawsuits challenging North Carolina election law.
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2024 @ 11:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Two federal lawsuits challenged North Carolina's new elections law on the same day legislators enacted the law over Gov. Roy Cooper's veto.
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2024 @ 11:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A Republican appointed to North Carolina's new eight-member state elections board wants to intervene in Gov. Roy Cooper's lawsuit against the board.
Published: Saturday, December 23rd, 2023 @ 9:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina State Board of Elections and local district attorneys object to a requested hearing in a federal lawsuit dealing with felon voting.
Published: Monday, December 11th, 2023 @ 11:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today the North Carolina House has voted to override Governor Cooper's veto of Senate Bill 747, a bill which will make significant improvements to North Carolina's election laws and further strengthen the integrity of our elections.
Published: Monday, November 20th, 2023 @ 7:01 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Raleigh, NC – Today the House Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform Committee will consider Senate Bill 747, a bill which would make significant improvements to North Carolina's election laws.
Published: Thursday, September 28th, 2023 @ 12:00 am
By: ENC NOW
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On Wednesday, the North Carolina House Rules Committee voted in favor of changes to Senate Bill 747, laying a framework for major election law changes in the Tar heel state.
Published: Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023 @ 4:49 pm
By: Kevin Smith
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A pair of election integrity bills passed Thursday in the North Carolina Senate. S.B. 747, Election Law Changes, and S.B. 749, No Partisan Advantage in Elections, both passed with a vote of 28-19.
Published: Friday, August 18th, 2023 @ 1:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Comments in the North Carolina General Assembly supporting SB 747 (Election Law Changes) and partially supporting SB 749 (No Partisan Advantage in Elections)
Published: Saturday, July 22nd, 2023 @ 4:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Purple State Supreme Court Makes Major Ruling On Election Integrity Law, Reversing Previous DecisionThe North Carolina Supreme Court made several key election decisions on Friday, ruling to reinstate a voter ID law and keep the Republican-led redistricting maps in place.
Published: Sunday, May 14th, 2023 @ 5:47 am
By: Daily Wire
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The North Carolina Supreme court is scheduled to rehear two high-stakes election lawsuits on redistricting and voter ID.
Published: Saturday, February 25th, 2023 @ 11:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Witnesses say StackedPAC gave items in exchange for voting. The group is not legally registered to operate in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 @ 10:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It is illegal in North Carolina to give anything "of value whatsoever" in exchange for voting
Published: Monday, November 21st, 2022 @ 12:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, the Republican National Committee (RNC), North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP), and the Clay County Republican Party Chair sued the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) for its unlawful actions restricting party election observers and extending the delivery deadline
Published: Friday, September 16th, 2022 @ 7:14 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Plaintiffs in North Carolina's election redistricting dispute object to the latest request from N.C. lawmakers, who want to dismiss their own state Supreme Court appeal.
Published: Saturday, July 23rd, 2022 @ 1:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As critics of North Carolina’s new election maps take their case to the state Supreme Court, lawyers on both sides of the case are taking aim at justices they want to drop out of the case.
Published: Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 @ 9:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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When the reports of the North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE), working in concert with, and for a Democratic Socialist: state's attorney general, governor and plaintiff lawyer to subvert a Representative created general statute regarding elections, I did write this resolution.
Published: Friday, January 14th, 2022 @ 10:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I wrote last week on Senate Bill 326, which includes several important reforms to North Carolina’s election laws
Published: Saturday, April 3rd, 2021 @ 9:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Board of Elections announced Civitalk a group founded by Cal Cunningham donor, Tony Sease, mailed 11,000 pre-filled voter registration forms in direct violation of state law.
Published: Friday, October 9th, 2020 @ 8:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A recent attempt to rewrite North Carolina elections law is just one piece of a larger plan to turn the state blue, a panel of experts say.
Published: Thursday, October 8th, 2020 @ 3:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In what appears to be a blatant abuse of the classic sue and settle tactic, Governor Roy Cooper’s handpicked North Carolina State Board of Elections and Josh Stein have “agreed” to overrule statutory law and weaken bipartisan election protections.
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2020 @ 3:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On March 26, State Board of Elections (SBE) Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell sent the General Assembly a memo listing a host of changes she would like to see made to North Carolina election law.
Published: Friday, May 1st, 2020 @ 9:40 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A three-judge N.C. Superior Court panel has tossed out North Carolina’s election maps for state House and Senate districts. The court has ordered state lawmakers to draw new maps in two weeks.
Published: Saturday, September 7th, 2019 @ 7:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The second week of the 2019 long session saw continued bill filing and a handful of legislative committees.
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2019 @ 7:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina Republican Party Vice-Chairman Michele Nix has released the following statement
Published: Friday, December 28th, 2018 @ 6:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A ruling by a federal three-judge panel in the Covington v. North Carolina legislative redistricting lawsuit threatens to upset state election laws on a national scale through unprecedented court overreach, eight secretaries of state say in a legal filing
Published: Sunday, February 4th, 2018 @ 3:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A federal judge ordered North Carolina to reinstate partisan primary elections for state Court of Appeals and Supreme Court races, but left intact the part of a state law eliminating District Court and Superior Court primaries
Published: Sunday, February 4th, 2018 @ 2:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Who represents the people of North Carolina: the governor or the General Assembly
Published: Friday, March 24th, 2017 @ 2:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today the North Carolina State Board of Elections voted unanimously to refer what appears to be a serious case of voter fraud through unlawful absentee ballot harvesting to Federal Prosecutors, specifically the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District
Published: Monday, December 5th, 2016 @ 3:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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"Today the North Carolina State Board of Elections voted unanimously to refer what appears to be a serious case of voter fraud through unlawful absentee ballot harvesting to Federal Prosecutors, specifically the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District.
Published: Sunday, December 4th, 2016 @ 11:06 am
By: Russell Allen
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Today the North Carolina Republican Party called on the Durham County Board of Elections and all other local boards of election to follow well established public records laws and allow citizens to fully inspect Absentee Ballot Return Envelopes
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 @ 2:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina Democrats have spent much of the last week indignantly denouncing an array of Republican actions, attitudes, and options as "outrageous" and "inconceivable."
Published: Monday, November 21st, 2016 @ 12:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The following are 5 things North Carolina voters should remember as they head to the polls on Election Day, Tuesday, November 8
Published: Monday, November 7th, 2016 @ 9:06 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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On Friday, October 21, my colleague Susan Myrick and I published a report on how another North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) employee apparently was advising others to violate state election laws
Published: Thursday, October 27th, 2016 @ 12:34 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Beaufort County Commission Vice-Chairman Gary Brinn announced the following today. The North Carolina State Board of Elections has found against Derik Davis on two issues relating to his campaign for County Commissioner.
Published: Friday, October 21st, 2016 @ 3:01 am
By: Gary Brinn
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Recent debates about the legal challenge of North Carolina's 2013 election law highlight a particularly disturbing feature of present-day political discourse: Pundits and politicians frequently fail to acknowledge the important differences between a policy debate and a legal dispute
Published: Saturday, August 27th, 2016 @ 12:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, the North Carolina Police Benevolent Association (NCPBA) endorsed Pat McCrory for governor as support for his re-election campaign among the law enforcement community continues to grow across the state
Published: Thursday, August 25th, 2016 @ 7:02 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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