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Nearly seven-in-10 registered voters in North Carolina support expanding the Opportunity Scholarship Program to all families, regardless of income. That’s one of the findings of a new poll from Carolina Partnership for Reform.
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 12:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Voter Identification Assurances & Election Reforms
Published: Wednesday, July 7th, 2021 @ 10:25 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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With election reform bills working their way state legislatures across the country, how do voters feel about those reforms?
Published: Sunday, April 4th, 2021 @ 10:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Since 2010, when voters put Republicans in charge of most state governments across the United States, North Carolina became one of about a half-dozen states where conservative reformers have frequently - and sometimes spectacularly - faced off with progressives in ways that have attracted significan
Published: Wednesday, April 11th, 2018 @ 12:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The U.S. Supreme Court has refused Gov. Pat McCrory's request to delay an injunction blocking several provisions in the 2013 election reform legislation known as VIVA - Voter Information Verification Act
Published: Saturday, October 15th, 2016 @ 6:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory issued a statement following the recent 4-4 U.S. Supreme Court decision on whether to stay a lower court ruling on the state's voter ID law...
Published: Sunday, September 4th, 2016 @ 3:19 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay - or delay - a ruling by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that overturned the state's voter ID law.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2016 @ 10:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Leaders from the NCGA House and Senate continued the call for Roy Cooper to defend the common-sense voter ID law or resign as the appeal heads to the Supreme Court.
Published: Friday, August 19th, 2016 @ 12:47 am
By: Russell Allen
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On July 27, Civitas’ Susan Myrick pointed out the conflict of interest of Judge Michael Morgan, who is not only running for the one opening on the state Supreme Court this year.
Published: Saturday, August 13th, 2016 @ 12:56 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused on Thursday to put a hold on its order striking down North Carolina's voter ID law and related election reforms while the opinion is on appeal.
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2016 @ 3:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor McCrory announced he will ask the Supreme Court tomorrow to reinstate North Carolina's common sense voter ID law.
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2016 @ 12:12 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned major chunks of North Carolina's broad election reform law passed in 2013, claiming that U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder committed factual errors when he threw out challenges to the law
Published: Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016 @ 5:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The hearing that will determine the fate of North Carolina's election reform law wrapped up Aug. 7. Groups that included the NC NAACP and the League of Women Voters of NC, joined by Eric Holder's (and Loretta Lynch's) U.S. Justice Department, are suing the state over election reform legislation (th
Published: Sunday, August 23rd, 2015 @ 11:16 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The court battle over the Voter Information Verification Act (VIVA), the landmark election reform legislation signed into law in 2013, will begin again in a few weeks. U.S. Judge Thomas D. Schroeder, from the United States District Court, Middle District of North Carolina, will begin to hear...
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 11:17 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Liberal/progressive legislators look to add yet another official form of identification to the already lengthy list of acceptable voter photo IDs with HB 240. This bill would amend the list of acceptable voter photo IDs to include college and university ID's when the new voter ID law goes into...
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 8:36 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The County Commissioner or Sheriff races get more attention, and while those races are indeed important, the voters need to not sacrifice the opportunity to reform the office of the Clerk of Superior Court. Contrary to what the WDN would have you think that office is in great need of reform.
Published: Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 @ 8:46 am
By: Ray Leary
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The left has been howling about how the new voter reform law will discriminate against minority and young voters. Being a politically active college student myself, I decided to find out how hard it is to register to vote.
Published: Monday, July 28th, 2014 @ 4:16 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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With a quarter-million questionable voter registrations on the books in NC, it's no wonder the state elections board needs more investigators. That's also why sustaining and enforcing the state's recent voter reforms is more urgent than ever.
Published: Monday, May 26th, 2014 @ 3:34 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The North Carolina State Board of Elections reported Wednesday to the Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee on the effects of the state's new voter reforms.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 8:25 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Much has been said and written about the election law reform legislation known as VIVA (Voter Identification Verification Act - HB 589) - but too many of the reports are misleading or just plain wrong.
Published: Tuesday, January 14th, 2014 @ 2:55 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Much has been said and written about the election law reform legislation known as VIVA (Voter Identification Verification Act - HB 589) - but too many of the reports are misleading or just plain wrong.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 4:07 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Please take a moment to tell Governor McCrory that you Support Voter ID and the other election reforms in HB 589 and ask him to sign the bill into law immediately!
Published: Friday, August 9th, 2013 @ 6:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The terms "voter suppression" and "outrageous" were bandied about during the recent debate over North Carolina's voter ID and election law reforms.
Published: Saturday, August 3rd, 2013 @ 12:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican newcomer Rob Bryan hopes to woo voters in N.C. House of Representatives District 88 with his strong stance on education reform.
Published: Saturday, October 13th, 2012 @ 1:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Constitution was also written to memorialize the notion that sovereign power rests with the individual and not with the federal government or any governmental agency.
Published: Monday, March 14th, 2011 @ 2:32 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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