Category: North Carolina

Poll finds N.C. Voters Favor Alternative to Voter ID

Post

The voter ID debate is typically divided along party lines with one side saying it is needed to prevent voter... Read more

Ballots in Question for Students at Liberal N.C. College

Post

Update 11/6/12: Attorneys from Project Vote sent a letter to election officials in Buncombe County, as well as to the State Board of... Read more

Charlotte Observer says no photo voter ID for North Carolina

Post

The Charlotte Observer today offers up hard data on why photo voter IDs will create undue hurdles for citizens to... Read more

Voting Rights Victory in North Carolina

Post

Today, a D.C. federal court rejected a challenge to an integral part of the Voting Rights Act that protects minorities’... Read more

Voter Registration Laws Scrutinized by Civil Rights Groups

Post

Voter registration procedures that require proof of citizenship to be enfranchised are being challenged by civil rights and citizen groups... Read more

Voting Rights News Roundup

Post

Election season is already underway with the nation talking about the state of voting rights. The War on Voting that... Read more

Election Reform Used to Attack Access to the Ballot

Post

Georgia Logothetis at Daily Kos writes how state lawmakers are “Using Election Reform to Decrease Turnout,” including laws to tighten... Read more

Public to Weigh in on North Carolina Voter ID Bill

Post

Today, North Carolinians will be able to weigh in on the much anticipated voter ID bill in the House Elections... Read more

Voter Fraud Hysteria Leads to Fruitless Investigations, Voter Intimidation in Two States

Post

The conservative activists’ largely partisan voter fraud debate, as Ian Urbina at the New York Times wrote this morning, “is... Read more

The Proof is in the Numbers: Surge in Low-Income VR Applications follows Successful NVRA Lawsuits

Post

Hundreds of thousands of low-income Americans—mostly women—are registering to vote at public assistance agencies in a handful of states as... Read more