Andy Jackson

An election security bill that is a hybrid of old and new proposals is advancing in the General Assembly. H259, the Election Integrity Act, is set for a vote in the North Carolina House on October 20 (although votes on the bill have…

The North Carolina Policy Watch highlighted a report from longtime progressive activist Bob Hall today on how many local elections are decided by one or two votes: Key finding: How one person decided to vote – or not to vote – made the difference in who…

The General Assembly kicked off the map drawing phase of redistricting yesterday. Legislators did little drawing, but we did get to see a bit of Twitter drama when Lekha Shupeck reported that Rep. Destin Hall, chair of…

After hosting a series of hearings across North Carolina over the past two weeks, the General Assembly started drawing district maps today. The process kicked off yesterday with both the North Carolina House and North Carolina Senate discussing county groupings and establishing a schedule for map…

Here are the details for the three North Carolina General Assembly redistricting hearings scheduled for this week and how you can sign up to testify at them: Pembroke, Tuesday, September 28 Time: 4:00 PM Location: UNC Pembroke, Office for Regional Inn Address: 115 Livermore Dr. Pembroke, NC In-person sign-up to…

Governor Roy Cooper vetoed Senate Bill 360 yesterday. The bill was designed to stop collusive lawsuit settlements, in which administration officials agree to terms with plaintiffs to circumvent or alter laws that both sides in the lawsuit don’t like. Such a collusive…

Here are the details for the three North Carolina General Assembly redistricting hearings scheduled for this week and how you can sign up to testify at them: Cullowhee, Tuesday, September 21 Time:  5:00 PM Location:  Western Carolina University Health & Human Services Building Address:  3971 Little Savannah Road, Cullowhee In-person…

When I look at the voter registration changes numbers at Carolina Transparency, I am usually interested in changes in party registration. But what caught my eye this week was a large change in demographic data. For example, here are the net changes in race for registered voters this week: White:…