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State sponsored voter fraud

by Thomas Mills | Jun 14, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Voting Rights

ShareLast night at 11:30pm, the GOP dropped another bill to limit access to the voting booth. This one would dramatically reduce the number of early voting days from 17 to 10. Rep. David Lewis says that’s not the intention of the bill and that 17 days will be...

Checks and imbalances

by Thomas Mills | Feb 9, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Politics, Voting Rights

ShareNorth Carolina Representative David Lewis called a news conference to have a temper tantrum this week. He blasted Democrats for suing “until North Carolina is blue, despite what the people, despite what the voters, want.” The Republicans then promptly sued to try...

Put voters first

by Thomas Mills | May 23, 2017 | Editor's Blog, Redistricting, Voting Rights

ShareNorth Carolina lost its redistricting case—again. It happens several times a decade and doesn’t matter whether it’s Republicans or Democrats drawing the lines. According to Supreme Court Justice Elana Kagan, the 12th Congressional District made its fifth...

Voter Fraud Alert!

by John Wynne | Feb 11, 2017 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, Voting Rights

ShareAs we all know, voter fraud never happens and only exists in the minds of crackpots and conspiracy theorists. Yet, this week, a man in Haywood County was convicted of felony voter fraud for voting twice in the March 2016 Republican primary. (The mountain counties...

Voter suppression version of the Reichstag fire

by Thomas Mills | Jan 25, 2017 | Editor's Blog, Voting Rights

ShareYesterday, Donald Trump again said that massive voter fraud cost him the popular vote. Immediately, people on social media said not to pay attention to Trump’s lies but to his actions. At the same time, he was claiming massive voter fraud, he was signing...

Elimination of straight ticket voting in North Carolina could make a difference in down-ballot races

by Aaron Sarver | Oct 12, 2016 | 2016 Elections, NC Politics, NCGOP, Voting Rights

ShareNow that North Carolina’s monster Voter ID law has been struck down by the federal courts, we’re almost back to the status quo of voting rights in North Carolina, with one important difference – the elimination of straight-ticket voting. All provisions of the law...