Winston-Salem, N.C. – Tonight, in a victory for voters and voting rights advocates, the Forsyth County Board of Elections approved 130 provisional ballots that it had originally not counted due to a lack of signatures. Last month, Forsyth County officials admitted that 130 voters had their ballots rejected in the March 2016 primary through no fault [...]
Democracy North Carolina has found big problems with the handling of more than 100 provisional ballots in Forsyth County's March Primary. The organization is demanding 130 ballots be counted. WHAT HAPPENED: Forsyth County Board of Elections' staff director Tim Tsujii says that the coverslip for provisional ballots lacked a designated area for a voter's signature [...]
A federal judge has upheld North Carolina’s sweeping voter ID law in a ruling posted late Monday evening. U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder issued a sprawling 485-page ruling dismissing all claims in the challenge to the state’s sweeping 2013 election law overhaul. Schroeder, a George W. Bush appointee, also upheld portions of the 2013 law that [...]
We're not done yet. North Carolina's second primary is coming up fast on Tuesday, June 7. Many of us will have a chance to choose U.S. Congressional candidates based on newly-drawn districts, but all North Carolina voters will be able to vote for their candidate to fill one of seven seats on the N.C. Supreme Court. The race for a [...]
An analysis of data from the State Board of Elections reveals that more than 29,000 voters were able to participate in the March 2016 primary by using safety-net provisions in North Carolina’s election law that the General Assembly majority has tried to eliminate. In Wake County, for example, 1,859 were saved by the provisions (45% [...]
The following is a statement from Bob Hall, executive director of Democracy NC: Democracy North Carolina joins the growing chorus of state and national opposition to House Bill 2 and demands the N.C. General Assembly use its upcoming short session to repeal this law, which once again puts politics above people. Similar to North Carolina’s [...]
Durham, NC, March 16, 2016 – While most North Carolina voters cast their ballots with relative ease, thousands of others faced serious problems because of election law changes, according to a voting-rights organization that coordinated the largest nonpartisan poll monitoring program in the state’s history on March 15. Democracy North Carolina, in a partnership with Ignite NC, [...]
