election integrity

New RNC effort active ahead of NC elections

January 17, 2024 Matt Mercer

RALEIGH — A standalone “Election Integrity Department” launched by the Republican National Committee (RNC) has hired full-time staff in North Carolina and made a series of moves aimed at proposed rules by the N.C. State […]

Lawmakers revive election integrity measures

June 8, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Election law changes from previous bills are being revived according to a June 1 joint press release by Sens. Ralph Hise (R-Mitchell), Paul Newton (R-Cabarrus) and Warren Daniel (R-Burke). The three lawmakers are […]

NCSBE wants to restrict poll watchers in 2022 election

August 19, 2022 Matt Mercer

RALEIGH — An attempt by the N.C. State Board of Elections (NCSBE) to restrict the movement of partisan poll watchers ahead of the Nov. 8, 2022 general election will go to the state’s Rules Review […]

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Public comment period open following challenge to NCSBE absentee ballot memo

June 15, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The North Carolina State Board of Elections has announced the opening of a public comment period following a letter requesting a declaratory ruling related to a numbered memo issued by the head of […]

Election Integrity Network holding Raleigh summit

June 9, 2022 Matt Mercer

RALEIGH — The North Carolina statewide Election Integrity Summit will be held on Friday and Saturday, June 10-11, in Raleigh. The summit will be led by attorney Cleta Mitchell, an elections expert. An agenda for the […]

Cooper vetoes three more bills, reaching 69 total

December 15, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — On Dec. 9, North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper issued three more vetoes, bringing his overall total to 69 since taking office in January of 2017. The three bills Cooper vetoed were House […]

Cooper hits veto No. 66 on election day integrity bill

December 8, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper added veto No. 66 to his list of record-breaking vetoes with his rejection of Senate Bill 326, The Election Day Integrity Act. Since veto power was […]

Multiple election-related bills see movement at legislature

November 23, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The General Assembly’s House Rules, Calendar and Operations Committee discussed and approved multiple election-related bills during a Nov. 17 meeting. The three main bills discussed were Senate Bill 326, Election Day Integrity Act; […]

Trump adviser appointed to panel on US elections

November 22, 2021 Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has appointed to a federal election advisory board a prominent Republican attorney who assisted former President Donald Trump in his failed effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Cleta […]

EUSTACHE: Restoring voter confidence: what suppression?

October 28, 2021 Harold Eustache

Recently, while stumping for a Democrat gubernatorial candidate in Virginia, former President Barack Obama asserted that the GOP is engaged in an attempt to “systematically prevent ordinary citizens” from voting. This is as false as […]