The literacy test should be removed from the North Carolina State Constitution Removing the literacy test may be difficult Those favoring literacy test repeal must act strategically to ensure its…
(Photo of Cornel West by Gage Skidmore.) UPDATE (June 27): The Democratic-controlled North Carolina State Board of Elections voted to deny three parties ballot access. Republican board member Kevin Lewis…
Below is my prepared public comment before the North Carolina House Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform Committee on June 5, 2024, in support of House Bill 1074, Constitutional Amendment/Citizens-Only…
I noted last week why the North Carolina General Assembly should let a citizen-only voting constitutional amendment come up for a vote of the people: The state constitution should be…
Only U.S. citizens should be allowed to vote in North Carolina elections. North Carolina’s current protection of citizen-only voting is inadequate. We should add a citizen-only voting amendment to the…
Minimizing the number of split counties limits gerrymandering. The court-imposed Stephenson process restricts the number of county splits. The Stephenson process should be added to the North Carolina Constitution.
A court filing has revealed serious allegations of vote buying in a county commissioner race in the March 5 primary. While shocking, vote buying is hardly new in North Carolina.…
County boards of elections normally have until midsummer to select early voting sites for the November election and submit their lists to the North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE).…
Congressional districts should be about the communities they represent, not statewide political considerations, and not splitting counties when redistricting keeps communities whole. It is possible to use county groupings when…
The General Assembly passed Senate Bill 747 over Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto last October. It delivered a host of election reforms, many of which the John Locke Foundation had advocated…
Reducing the number of early voting days may be debated in this year’s General Assembly session. Reducing early voting days would likely have little effect on turnout. A possible compromise…
With the ballot for the North Carolina General Assembly set, this is a good time to get a lay of the electoral landscape ahead of the general elections. With that…