Andy Jackson

I wrote on May 4 how the staff at the North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) was seeking to make a rules change that would, contrary to state law, limit the number of election observers at early voting sites and election day precinct polling places…

A few weeks ago, I wrote how the staff at the North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) was seeking to make elections less transparent by limiting the number of elections observers at early voting sites and election day polling places. They were seeking to reinterpret…

There has been a lot of (often heated) discussion around three election-related bills that are advancing. If we are going to talk about these bills, it behooves us to know what is actually in them. Here we go. S326: Election Day Integrity Act. Section 1 moves…

I spoke today at the General Assembly in favor of S326, entitled “Election Day Integrity Act.” The bill would return the deadline for county boards of election to receive absentee-by-mail ballots to 5:00 PM on election day. The deadline over the past decade has been three…

I spoke today at the General Assembly in favor of S725, entitled “Prohibit Private Money in Elections Admin.” The bill would ban the State Board of Elections and county boards of elections from accepting so-called “Zuck Bucks” from private groups. Much of the money…

Lawsuits have overturned numerous legislative maps in North Carolina over the past several decades. The most recent example was a pair of lawsuits, Common Cause v. Lewis and Harper v. Lewis, which invalided state legislative and congressional districts in 2019, just ahead of the 2020 elections. Just as…

I wrote on May 4 how the NC State Board of Elections (SBE) is, contrary to state law, trying to make our elections process less transparent by limiting the number of election observers: For that reason, it is dismaying that the SBE is seeking to change…

The General Assembly House Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform Committee met yesterday to consider several bills. While the committee approved most of the bills with little discussion, a couple generated a bit of heated conversation before being they ultimately passed them by voice vote.