NC Policy Watch, the online journalism initiative of the North Carolina Justice Center, has launched the “Defending Democracy” project. This project will generate a steady drumbeat of new and original content (news stories, commentary, newsmaker interviews, expert analysis and more) related to the latest state policy developments, court decisions, research, advocacy and organizing efforts in the fight to preserve democracy in the battleground state of North Carolina.
House approves voter ID after long debate over voter fraud, student IDs
It was clear during two hours of debate Wednesday where the two political parties at the legislature diverged over photo ID: their belief in voter fraud.
The GOP supermajority expectedly passed legislation that would implement a constitutional requirement that voters must show a photo ID to cast a ballot.
- Senate GOP compares Governor to Grinch to hurry along veto processSenate Republicans are using their staff to try and force Gov. Roy Cooper’s hand in either vetoing two bills or... Read more »
- Cooper vetoes voter ID billGov. Roy Cooper vetoed Republican lawmakers’ voter ID bill Friday. Senate Bill 824 was passed after North Carolinians voted to... Read more »
- Editorial: Burr, Tillis failed state in partisan support for flawed judicial candidateThe Winston-Salem Journal takes Senators Richard Burr and Thom Tillis to task for their blind and partisan support of Thomas... Read more »
- Elections, Ethics Chair asks for another extension to keep investigating 9th congressional districtLess than two days after a three-judge panel granted the State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement an extension to... Read more »
- NC NAACP to Gov. Cooper: Veto Voter ID implementation billThe North Carolina NAACP is urging Governor Roy Cooper to veto Senate Bill 824: “Implementation of Voter ID Constitutional Amendment.” Members... Read more »
- Senate Dems follow elections bill, investigation money ahead of voteAs the fate of the State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement looms, so does the possibility of a do-over... Read more »
- Rosanell Eaton, 97, remembered as “a warrior for justice”Civil rights groups, voting rights advocates and elected officials are remembering Rosanell Eaton as an inspiration to generations of African-Americans in... Read more »
- State Board of Elections: 9th congressional district investigation a top priorityThe State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement has named Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr. as a person of interest in... Read more »
- U.S. Supreme Court considering NC partisan gerrymandering cases todayThe U.S. Supreme Court is discussing partisan gerrymandering in North Carolina today. The high court is taking up League of Women... Read more »
- Next stop for voter ID: the Governor’s officeA voter ID bill is on its way to Gov. Roy Cooper’s office after the Senate voted today to pass... Read more »
- House approves voter ID after long debate over voter fraud, student IDsRepublican Rep. David Lewis said the goal of the bill was to create the ‘gold standard’ in election integrity. Democrats... Read more »
- New Mecklenburg sheriff ends 287(g) immigration programThere’s a new sheriff in Mecklenburg County, and one of his first orders of business was ending the 287(g) program... Read more »
- House Democrats propose a bill to expand NC voting rightsHouse Democrats introduced a bill Tuesday morning that would create an automatic and an online voter registration process in response... Read more »
- Lawsuit: UNC, Nash UNC health care systems discriminating against blind patientsThe National Federation of the Blind, Disability Rights North Carolina and individual blind patients are suing UNC Health Care System... Read more »
- Cooper appoints familiar face as new Elections, Ethics Enforcement chairGov. Roy Cooper has appointed State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement vice chairman Joshua Malcolm as chair following Andy... Read more »
