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It all started here

by Thomas Mills | Jun 2, 2021 | Editor's Blog, Voting Rights | 2 comments

Yesterday, a group of 100 scholars issued a statement saying that our democracy is at risk. This weekend, Texas tried to pass a voter suppression law that would restrict access to the ballot and allow officials to overturn election results based on accusations of...

nationalizing elections would be a national disaster

by Rick Henderson | Mar 4, 2021 | Issues, National Politics, Politics, Voting Rights | 9 comments

Shutterstock image On Wednesday, the U.S. House passed H.R. 1, the “For the People Act,” a 791-page (gulp) parade of horribles left-leaning election activists have pushed for years. Plus, some reasonable changes in election law. It’ll head to the Senate, where it...

State sponsored voter fraud

by Thomas Mills | Jun 14, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Voting Rights | 6 comments

Last 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 restored. Who...

Checks and imbalances

by Thomas Mills | Feb 9, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Politics, Voting Rights | 3 comments

North 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 to...

Put voters first

by Thomas Mills | May 23, 2017 | Editor's Blog, Redistricting, Voting Rights | 9 comments

North 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 appearance...

Voter Fraud Alert!

by John Wynne | Feb 11, 2017 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, Voting Rights | 9 comments

As 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 of...