Left-of-center groups challenging a provision of North Carolina election law are asking a federal judge to help them ensure election integrity activist Cleta Mitchell testifies at a trial next month in Winston-Salem. The challenged provision involves same-day voter registration rules.
Conservative election activist Cleta Mitchell has withdrawn her motion for a protective order against a left-of-center group in connection with a federal lawsuit. Mitchell had argued in a court filing earlier this week that Democracy NC planned to use a legal deposition to gain information that could hurt Mitchell’s work on election integrity.
Conservative election activist Cleta Mitchell has asked a federal court for a protective order against left-of-center activist group Democracy NC. Mitchell argues that ideological opponents hope to use a legal deposition to gather information they can use against her election integrity work.
Remember when Election Day used to be an actual day? You’d gather with your family and friends to find out who the next president was going to be. It was a time to celebrate our republic, as Americans went to have their voices heard at the ballot box. Now Americans don’t learn results for days,...
According to documents obtained by the Public Interest Legal Foundation , 1,454 foreign nationals on the voter rolls had not obtained naturalization before Election Day 2014, necessitating a challenge at the polls. Out of those 1,454 registrants, 89 attempted to vote, with 24 of them challenged. Of those 24 challenges, 11 were sustained. Leading up...
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Dec. 7 in Moore v. Harper, the N.C. redistricting case that has attracted national attention. The court announced the hearing date Tuesday. Moore v. Harper could determine what role state courts can play in rejecting congressional election maps drawn by legislatures.
Attorneys general from 13 states are formally supporting North Carolina’s U.S. Supreme Court arguments in Moore v. Harper. That case could decide what role state courts can play in rejecting congressional election maps drawn by legislatures. The attorney generals from Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah filed an amicus, or friend-of-the-court, brief Tuesday.
A national group that focuses on election integrity issues is calling for North Carolina to clean up its voter rolls before the 2022 election. The group’s latest report points to multiple areas that merit state election officials’ attention. The State Board of Elections offered a point-by-point response to the report’s findings Tuesday afternoon. “North Carolina...
This story was updated to include comments from the N.C. State Board of Elections. The N.C. State Board of Elections and the Public Interest Legal Foundation have reached a settlement for the board to disclose records relating to foreigners registering and voting. PILF is touting the settlement as a win for election transparency and the...
In a rare show of unity, the state elections board unanimously agreed during a Sept. 7 teleconference to challenge federal subpoenas of millions of voter records. The board said state law barred it from sharing information from individual voters to the extent requested in the subpoenas. The office of U.S. Attorney Robert Higdon hasn’t said...
Veteran Raleigh attorney Thomas Farr must wait until 2018 to see if he remains a candidate for the U.S. District Court opening he was chosen to fill in July. The Senate has not voted on Farr’s confirmation, and Democrats have refused to give the routine unanimous consent needed to keep his nomination open into the new...
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