Redistricting

Andrew Dunn reports for Carolina Journal Online on bills in the N.C. General Assembly to free counties from COVID-19 restrictions. John Trump reports the N.C. Senate’s effort to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s school reopening veto fell one vote short. The latest CJ Opinion explains why N.C. conservatives…

Joe Schoffstall of the Washington Free Beacon explains how U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s actions contradict her words on the topic of gerrymandering. After calling for an end to partisan gerrymandering, House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) quietly funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to former attorney general…

A joint statement from John Locke Foundation and Civitas Institute December 12, 2020 RALEIGH – In November, North Carolinians delivered a blow to the litigious Left by electing conservative-leaning judges to all eight of North Carolina’s open statewide judicial seats. Today, the final race achieved closure as…

Republican Catherine Truitt will take on the job as state superintendent of public instruction in January. Terry Stoops looks at Truitt’s priority list during the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio. Rick Henderson discusses N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore’s priorities for the new legislative session that…

Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online on North Carolina’s lower teacher attrition rate. The Daily Journal explains why focusing on the wrong election numbers can lead to bad reform proposals.

Lindsay Marchello reports for Carolina Journal Online on newly renominated N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore’s preview of the 2021 legislative session. The Daily Journal offers for suggestions for N.C. redistricting reformers in 2021.

North Carolina has been embroiled in a decades-long redistricting saga since the late twentieth century. After each new map is drawn, a slew of litigation ensues that takes up significant time and resources. Many have proposed changes to the rules for redistricting to prevent partisan gerrymandering, but in a recent…

JLF’s Mike Schietzelt and Mitch Kokai spoke on Friday, February 7, at the Campbell Law Review’s symposium on North Carolina voting rights. In addition to Kokai and Schietzelt,  the symposium featured speakers from the North Carolina Democratic Party, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, members of the N.C. legislature,…