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John Locke expert on bills to prevent noncitizen voting rights: If passed 'even an activist judge won’t be able to get around it'

By W.J. Kennedy | Jun 18, 2024

The North Carolina General Assembly has an opportunity this year to ward off a campaign by the left to give noncitizens the right to vote.

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Dixon: 'Nothing wrong' with voter ID law that NC Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional

By W.J. Kennedy | Dec 27, 2022

The North Carolina General Assembly will again approve a voter ID requirement, and again over a gubernatorial veto, after Democratically controlled state Supreme Court shot the law down in a parting shot, predicts Lisa Dixon, Executive Director of Lawyers Democracy Fund (LDF).

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Judge’s ruling rejecting mail ballot signature matching belies 'common sense approach' to ensuring election security: election law expert

By W.J. Kennedy | Oct 7, 2022

A judge’s rejection of a North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) appeal over signature verification by county election officials on mail ballots undermines a “commonsense approach” to enforcing state law, says an executive with a public interest law firm.

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Dixon: 'Liberal justices' on Supreme Court declare popular voter ID law likely invalid

By W.J. Kennedy | Aug 25, 2022

Last Friday's ruling by the state Supreme Court questioning the legality of the state’s constitutional voter ID amendment pits a few “liberal justices” against the will of the people and their representatives in the state legislature, says Lisa Dixon, executive director of the Lawyers Democracy Fund, a public interest law firm specializing in election law.

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Snead: SCOTUS ruling on voter ID case is a 'major win'

By W.J. Kennedy | Jun 24, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 23 ruling that upheld the right of North Carolina lawmakers to intervene in court to defend a 2018 voter ID law was applauded by some of the nation’s leading advocates for laws and voting practices that advance election integrity.

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Lawyers Democracy Fund VP: North Carolina voter ID case could impact election laws across the country

By W.J. Kennedy | Jun 7, 2022

The impact of an imminent U.S. Supreme Court decision concerning a legal battle over a North Carolina voter ID law could be felt across the country, says Tom Spencer, vice president of the Lawyers Democracy Fund.

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PILF president: 'Silly, obvious errors in the voter roll can create opportunities for voter fraud and chaos in a close election'

By W.J. Kennedy | Mar 30, 2022

North Carolina voter rolls are plagued with duplicate registrations and deceased registrants, a public interest law firm specializing in election integrity has found.

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Conservative legal group gains 'win for transparency' in North Carolina ruling on uncovering foreign voters

By W.J. Kennedy | Feb 3, 2022

The North Carolina Board of Elections has agreed to disclose voting records indicating the number of foreign citizens who have registered and voted in the state’s elections.

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Conservative analyst blasts North Carolina governor's veto to ban private money in election administration

By W.J. Kennedy | Dec 15, 2021

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of legislation banning election officials from accepting private donations to underwrite the administration of elections has one conservative elections analyst questioning his motives.

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North Carolina bill would ban 'Zuckerbucks' from use in elections

By W.J. Kennedy | Dec 6, 2021

Legislation on Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk would have North Carolina join other states that, since the 2020 general election, have banned election officials from accepting private money to help underwrite administrative costs.

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Three election-reform bills stalled by budget negotiations, 'prospect of a veto'

By W.J. Kennedy | Jul 19, 2021

In North Carolina, budget negotiations and the prospect of an almost certain veto by Gov. Roy Cooper have suspended legislative action on three election-reform bills.

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Banning private money to fund NC elections would allay 'suspicions about the integrity of the process'

By W.J. Kennedy | Jun 18, 2021

The North Carolina Senate is poised to act on legislation that would follow other states in prohibiting local election officials from taking private money to help fund the management of elections.

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NCGOP forms integrity committee to ensure 'fair and transparent' elections

By W.J. Kennedy | Jun 16, 2021

The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) has formed an Election Integrity Committee “to ensure that the 2022 elections in North Carolina remain fair and transparent,” NCGOP Chairman Michael Whatley told the Carolina Journal.