It’s Time for a New Election
At this point, unless your name is Mark Harris, you probably doubt the integrity of the congressional election in North Carolina’s Ninth District. In what was drawn to be a reliably safe Republican district — which Republicans have held since 1963 — Baptist minister...
A Look Back at the Statewide Judicial Elections
North Carolina has two statewide appellate courts, the seven-member Supreme Court and the fifteen-member Court of Appeals. Justices on the Supreme Court and judges on the Court of Appeals are elected statewide to staggered eight-year terms, with at least one seat on...
In the wake of the scandal, North Carolina could become a model for election integrity
Election fraud has been happening in counties around the state for years but law enforcement generally ignored it, according to an article in the News & Observer. Most of it took place in rural counties and centered around local elections, even if some of it bled...
Interview: Prof. Bitzer and NC09 Election Fraud
The text from the conversation is below, condensed somewhat and reworded where necessary. Given the length of the transcript, please forgive any errors. Kirk Kovach: I’m Kirk Kovach, I’m here with PoliticsNC. We’re in Salisbury, NC with Professor Michael Bitzer, and...
A Look Back at Local Elections
North Carolina voters participate in elections for nine countywide offices – Boards of Commissioners, Registers of Deeds, Sheriffs, Clerks of Superior Court, Coroners, Treasurers, Boards of Education, Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisors, and Sanitary...
GOP’s new definition of election projection
Watching Republicans yell “But the Democrats!” on twitter in response to the election fraud in the 9th Congressional District race has been very entertaining. It’s also given new meaning to the term Election projection. The twitter warrior who goes by the handle...
A Look Back at the Legislative Elections
Contributor @darren_janz correctly predicted 49/50 NC Senate races and 113/120 NC House races.
The GOP response to NC-09 is lacking
The Republican reaction to the massive election fraud scandal in NC-09 that’s now garnering national attention is interesting to watch. The GOP leadership is demanding that Mark Harris, the Republican Congressional candidate who led in the district by 905 votes, be...
The legacy of Silent Sam is not about Confederates, it’s about Republicans
Yesterday, the UNC Board of Trustees struggled to figure out what to do with Silent Sam, the monument honoring Confederate soldiers that was toppled earlier this year. Much of the board would prefer to move the statue off campus but state law prevents that. Instead,...
More GOP hypocrisy exposed
The voter fraud scandal unfolding down in Bladen County lays bare the GOP’s hypocrisy. With almost no evidence except the election of a black man as President of the United States, the GOP has claimed broad corruption was tainting our elections. To hear them tell it,...
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