A three-judge panel will decide in the coming weeks whether it will maintain jurisdiction over a lawsuit challenging two 2018 amendments to the North Carolina Constitution. The panel spent nearly 90 minutes Friday listening to arguments for and against transferring the case back to a single Wake County judge.
The state NAACP wants a single Wake County judge to proceed with a lawsuit challenging two state constitutional amendments voters approved in 2018. One mandates voter ID. The other lowers the cap on state income tax rates. The case does not affect North Carolina’s current law requiring ID for voters.
A lawsuit challenging two 2018 amendments to the North Carolina Constitution is heading to a three-judge panel. One amendment places a photo voter identification requirement into the constitution. The other lowers an existing cap on state income tax rates. Wake County Superior Court Judge Graham Shirley issued the transfer order Wednesday. Republican state legislative leaders had requested the shift.
Midway through early voting the percentage of voters that are registered Democrat is down compared to 2018 and 2020. While Republicans have warmed up to early voting over the years, Democrats still dominate early voting and Republicans dominate election day voting.
A new Civitas poll of likely voters shows that Republicans in North Carolina are gaining momentum heading into the homestretch of the midterm campaign. The state’s highest profile race this year — for the open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Richard Burr — is inching in the GOP’s direction. Republican Ted Budd...
With just weeks to go until the November midterm elections, both major political parties have their eyes on the North Carolina Supreme Court, where control of the court is up for grabs. Two seats are on the ballot. If Republicans win even one, the balance of the court shifts from left-leaning to right-leaning.
The North Carolina Supreme Court met in the Historic 1767 Chowan Count Courthouse in Edenton on October 3 and 4. The beauty of the setting belied the ugly politics behind two of the cases the court heard on those days. The court had decided on a 4-3 party-line vote on July 28 to truncate the normal judicial process in Harper v. Hall, a...
The first poll since election season kicked into high gear following the Labor Day holiday shows a tightening field between Republicans and Democrats at the state and federal level in North Carolina. At the same time, the poll continues to show widespread concern among voters about the direction of the country and the economy, in...
An important legal doctrine could play a critical role in North Carolina's 28-year-old education funding lawsuit.
With a party-line 4-3 vote, Democrats on the N.C. Supreme Court have ruled that voter-approved state constitutional amendments could be tossed because they were placed on the ballot by a “gerrymandered” legislature. Republican justices objected. Though Friday's decision did not officially kill the amendments, “the majority nullifies the will of the people and precludes governance by the majority,” according to dissenters.
A new Civitas poll of likely voters in the 2022 midterm elections shows slight movement in favor of Democrats as the summer winds down. Even so, Republicans maintain a healthy advantage on the generic congressional and state legislative ballot, and President Joe Biden’s approval rating remains at historic lows.
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