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a partisan attack on free and fair elections and on democracy itself
Published: Monday, June 22nd, 2026 @ 7:01 pm
By: John Steed
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partisan Democrat judge does not want honest elections
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2026 @ 8:01 pm
By: John Steed
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A bipartisan North Carolina Court of Appeals panel will hear oral arguments on Jan. 27 in a dispute involving appointments to the State Board of Elections.
Published: Sunday, December 21st, 2025 @ 5:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Clinton judge makes partisan attack on integrity of American elections
Published: Saturday, November 1st, 2025 @ 6:31 pm
By: John Steed
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The bipartisan State Board of Elections on Tuesday voted unanimously to finalize the list of presidential preference primary candidates for 2024
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2024 @ 11:54 pm
By: ENC NOW
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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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Senate Bill 749, “No Partisan Advantage in Elections,” passed along party lines in the North Carolina Senate and now moves on to the state House.
Published: Saturday, August 12th, 2023 @ 2:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Unaffiliated voters challenging the partisan makeup of the N.C. State Board of Elections are challenging Gov. Roy Cooper's latest court filing in the case.
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 5:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. legislative leaders have asked a federal court to dismiss unaffiliated voters' lawsuit challenging the partisan composition of the State Board of Elections.
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2023 @ 12:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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House Bill 99 looks to modify Wake County Commissioners elections from partisan and countywide to non-partisan elections and by district. This proposed change has caused some to exaggerate the impact of the bill. So, what do the numbers say?
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 7:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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NBC historian Michael Beschloss, who is known for making hyper-partisan and fanatical claims, claimed without evidence during a segment this week that if Republicans win the midterm elections next week that children could be arrested and killed.
Published: Saturday, November 12th, 2022 @ 6:16 pm
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolinians are hearing from election officials and leaders from both major political about why they can have confidence in North Carolina’s elections.
Published: Wednesday, September 7th, 2022 @ 2:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Democrat-controlled N.C. State Board of Elections overruled the Currituck County elections board Friday and kept a Democrat’s campaign alive in state Senate District 3.
Published: Tuesday, September 6th, 2022 @ 9:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new partisan index for seats in the N.C. General Assembly shows a nearly even split between Republicans and Democrats headed into the midterm elections.
Published: Sunday, March 6th, 2022 @ 8:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A bipartisan unanimous three-judge panel has upheld newly drawn maps for North Carolina’s legislative elections. But the same panel has rejected a revised map for congressional elections.
Published: Friday, February 25th, 2022 @ 11:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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I’ve been following the analysis by pundits, partisans and pollsters about the recent November elections, especially the gubernatorial races in neighboring Virginia and New Jersey.
Published: Wednesday, November 10th, 2021 @ 3:14 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The bipartisan State Board of Elections on Tuesday voted to certify nearly all contests in the 2020 general election, including the presidential contest.
Published: Friday, November 27th, 2020 @ 8:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Justice Paul Newby has secured a majority of votes to become the next chief justice of the state of North Carolina now that all 100 counties have officially completed their canvass of the 2020 election and have certified the results.
Published: Wednesday, November 18th, 2020 @ 6:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement announced Friday it plans to hold an evidentiary hearing Jan. 11, 2019, on alleged ballot irregularities in the race for an open seat in 9th Congressional District
Published: Monday, December 24th, 2018 @ 8:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper announced Tuesday, Dec. 18 he would veto a bill returning the Bipartisan Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement to separate agencies over concerns about a provision related to campaign finance investigations
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2018 @ 11:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The nearly two-year battle over the Bipartisan Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement may come to a close soon with the General Assembly essentially handing Gov. Roy Cooper a victory in the separation-of-powers struggle
Published: Sunday, December 16th, 2018 @ 8:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican lawmakers unveiled a new bill at a Tuesday, Dec. 11 news conference which would return the Bipartisan Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement to two separate boards after years of court battles over the merger
Published: Friday, December 14th, 2018 @ 12:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Leslie McRae Dowless, the political operative at the heart of potential absentee mail-in ballot misconduct in Bladen County, is a person of interest in the 9th Congressional District investigation, the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement has confirmed
Published: Wednesday, December 12th, 2018 @ 12:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Joshua Malcolm, chairman of the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement, Monday asked a panel of Superior Court judges to keep the board in place until it completes an investigation of alleged irregularities in the 9th U.S. Congressional District race
Published: Wednesday, December 12th, 2018 @ 12:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement has begun disclosing evidentiary materials related to its investigation of election fraud in the 9th Congressional District election
Published: Sunday, December 9th, 2018 @ 7:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In late 2016, as Gov. Roy Cooper was preparing to take office, the General Assembly decided it would change the makeup of the Bipartisan Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement
Published: Saturday, December 8th, 2018 @ 9:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After several court battles and a failed constitutional amendment, the Bipartisan Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement may once again become separate boards
Published: Thursday, December 6th, 2018 @ 2:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement should get a little more time to reorganize as it deals with challenges to the outcome in North Carolina's 9th U.S. Congressional District race
Published: Wednesday, December 5th, 2018 @ 8:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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With the November election over, lawmakers must reconfigure the Bipartisan Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement to comply with a Superior Court order
Published: Sunday, December 2nd, 2018 @ 2:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a bipartisan decision Friday, the State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement decided to hold a public evidentiary hearing into claims of irregularities and fraudulent activities related to absentee by-mail voting and potentially other matters in the 9th Congressional District contest
Published: Sunday, December 2nd, 2018 @ 2:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In the heat of partisan battle, much discussion about North Carolina’s Supreme Court election focuses on the current split between the court’s Republicans and Democrats
Published: Wednesday, October 31st, 2018 @ 4:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A three-judge Superior Court panel expanded the scope of the temporary enforcement delay it ordered in a case striking down the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Reform on constitutional grounds.
Published: Wednesday, October 24th, 2018 @ 8:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A three-judge Superior Court panel has found the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement is unconstitutional because it violates the governor's duty to faithfully execute laws, and approved an injunction nullifying it
Published: Sunday, October 21st, 2018 @ 9:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democrat-turned-Republican Chris Anglin won his court fight to run on the GOP ticket for Supreme Court justice in the Nov. 6 general election
Published: Wednesday, September 12th, 2018 @ 10:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement on Friday unanimously authorized the N.C. Attorney General's Office to take necessary steps to quash recent grand jury subpoenas served by federal authorities on the State Board and County Boards of Elections
Published: Tuesday, September 11th, 2018 @ 4:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Raleigh attorney Chris Anglin has won his fight to run as a Republican for the Supreme Court in the Nov. 6 general election. Republican legislative leaders have thrown in the towel
Published: Saturday, September 1st, 2018 @ 12:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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An appeal of a judge’s ruling requiring the fall election ballot to list Supreme Court candidate Chris Anglin as a Republican could threaten a key election deadline
Published: Thursday, August 23rd, 2018 @ 5:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When the courts rule against laws our legislature has passed, which they often do, it never seems to enter lawmakers' minds that those rulings are because of their own wrongheaded notions
Published: Sunday, August 19th, 2018 @ 3:16 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Following today's indictment of Russian military intelligence officers, the office of the N.C. Bipartisan State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement Office wishes to assure voters of ongoing efforts to enhance elections security.
Published: Saturday, July 14th, 2018 @ 12:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senators voted 32-14 after testy debate on Wednesday, June 27, to pass House Bill 913, which creates a Bipartisan Board of Ethics and Elections Enforcement
Published: Friday, July 13th, 2018 @ 12:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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