May 4 lawsuit to overturn North Carolina’s absentee ballot protections is an openly partisan power grab Backers of the lawsuit are attempting to get the courts to usurp ... Keep Reading
ballot harvesting
Progressive’s plans to expand ballot harvesting
Ballot harvesting undermines the democratic process and leads to multiple forms of absentee ballot fraud. Ballot harvesters and their allies seek to increase absentee-by-mail ... Keep Reading
Don’t let a crisis be an excuse to permanently institute bad policy
President Barack Obama’s first chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, was perfectly Machiavellian in his advocacy for using crises to advance long-term policy goals: You never let a ... Keep Reading
Gov. Roy Cooper and voter suppression
RALEIGH – Over 15 months and one primary election ago, North Carolina voters expressed their desire for voter ID. Despite the millions of dollars poured into disinformation ... Keep Reading
Election officials find fraud, but only when they try to find it
The NC State Board of Elections released a report detailing 570 cases of suspected election fraud that the board has referred to prosecutors: "In North Carolina, elections ... Keep Reading
Recently passed legislation will combat absentee ballot fraud, but dangers remain
The General Assembly passed a bill yesterday that will help combat absentee ballot fraud, but it is not a fool-proof solution to the problem and election officials will need to be ... Keep Reading
Indifference of election officials allows absentee ballot fraud to fester in North Carolina
This op-ed originally appeared in The Laurinburg Exchange on September 12, 2019. Was the alleged absentee ballot fraud that derailed the 9th Congressional District race last ... Keep Reading
Absentee ballot reform is still coming. One day it will actually get here.
With state legislative redistricting, the 9th Congressional District redo election, and the state House's budget veto override vote taking all the attention last week, it is easy ... Keep Reading
More to absentee ballot fraud in Bladen County? Part 2
Evidence shows that the Bladen County Improvement Association paid people who engaged in ballot harvesting A pattern of mass absentee ballot requests and mass absentee ... Keep Reading
More to absentee ballot fraud in Bladen County? Part 1
Who is Lola Wooten and why was Dan McCready’s lawyer trying to obscure her? An attorney for Dan McCready, Marc Elias, attempted to raise doubts about there being any ... Keep Reading
