‘Ballot selfie’ debate could be settled in NC by fall election
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to an expedited briefing timeline in a case challenging North Carolina's laws against photos of completed election ballots.
A three-judge panel has denied a request for an injunction blocking North Carolina’s new congressional election map.
North Carolina legislative leaders are asking a three-judge panel to dismiss two lawsuits challenging North Carolina’s new congressional map.
A unanimous federal Appeals Court panel has rejected a North Carolina law that creates a felony crime for felons who vote in state elections. The decision Friday upholds a trial judge’s 2024 decision in the case.
A three-judge federal Appeals Court panel questioned Friday why North Carolina state government lawyers challenged a lower court’s injunction in a case dealing with felon voting. The April 2024 injunction blocked state prosecutors from enforcing a law that created a Class I felony for convicted felons who vote in North Carolina elections without having their rights restored.
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on May 9 in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s crime against felons voting in state elections. A federal trial judge struck down the crime in April 2024.
If candidates aren’t talking about how their proposed policies would make it easier for households to afford basic necessities, they’re making a big mistake.
Legislators attempted to remove the literacy test from the constitution, but voters rejected its removal in 1970.
A liberal UNC-Chapel Hill professor testified Tuesday that GOP-crafted election maps represent a conservative white backlash against rising black political power. Professor James Leloudis appeared on behalf of Democratic Party-aligned plaintiffs working to overturn voting maps passed by the Republican-led General Assembly, arguing that the maps are unfair to black North Carolinians. Leloudis, a UNC-CH...
The NAACP is backing an effort to add more than 50,000 felons to North Carolina’s voting rolls. At the same time, they are trying to nullifying 9.6 million votes from law-abiding citizens. Even worse: The group won’t stop with a current lawsuit at the state Supreme Court involving felons who have completed their active prison...
Despite voter ID’s popularity with the public, an argument can be made that the state’s law is bad public policy.