Make It Count

06/19/2020

You can be heroes, just for one day - or for every day of early vote!

06/16/2017

Sen. Jeff Jackson breaks down all the latest redistricting news.

Attorney General (NC)

06/08/2017

About time!

GREENSBORO — A longtime elections attorney in North Carolina has challenged the law barring unaffiliated voters from serving on the state's new combined elections and government ethics board.

06/05/2017

So many redistricting cases, it's hard to keep track.

There are a bunch of North Carolina redistricting cases stacked up at the moment. A few of these are in front of the Supreme Court, and could move

06/05/2017

Well, we might have some legislative races this year after all!

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request from state lawmakers to review a case that struck down the 2011 state legislative districts, but sent the case back to the lower court to determine whether elections could still be held in 2017 as initially ordered.

05/31/2017

Did you take issue with the flagrant abuse of the voter challenge process? Did the voting process at your precinct vary significantly from what occurred in other precincts in your county? Are you concerned about abuses involving mail-in absentee ballots? The NC State Board of Elections is proposing changes to elections rules that would address these issues, and they are seeking public comment from now until July 31st.

The State Board of Elections voted in an open meeting on April 26, 2017 to publish the proposed text in the North Carolina Register, and the agency invites public comment in response to its initial publication. The State Board of Elections will receive public comment on this matter from Thursday, Ju...

05/30/2017

Republican voter suppression legislation, phase two.

After major losses in the U.S. Supreme Court, North Carolina’s Republicans plan to redouble efforts aimed at limiting voter fraud. Democrats say the laws are discriminatory.

05/30/2017

If at first you don't succeed, change the balance of the court, tuck a bit of precedent-setting jurisprudence under your belt, and try, try again.

The NC Supreme Court will consider an old challenge to legislative and congressional redistricting for the third time, after a U.S. Supreme Court order Monday.

05/24/2017

Good background, and a look forward, from Anita Earls, the Executive Director Southern Coalition for Social Justice.

Anita Earls is the executive director of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice. She serves as counsel for the plaintiffs in two pending racial-gerrymandering cases, Dickson v. Rucho and Covington v. North Carolina, as well as a pending partisan-gerrymandering case, League of Women Voters v. Ruch

05/22/2017

"That Justice Kagan got Justice Thomas not only to vote this way but to sign onto the opinion (giving it precedential value) is a really big deal."

Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court on 5-3 Vote Affirms NC Racial Gerrymandering Case, with Thomas in Majority and Roberts in Dissent

05/19/2017

Another NC voter fraud myth thoroughly debunked! No, there are not 5,000+ fraudulent 116-year-old voters in NC!

A chain email has begun circulating in North Carolina that claims widespread irregularities in the state’s voter rolls. The email caught our attention with its subject line,

05/18/2017

They won't be able to stop themselves.

“All North Carolinians can rest assured that Republican legislators will continue fighting to protect the integrity of our elections by implementing the common-sense requirement to show a photo ID when we vote.”