Want to know what kind of havoc an anti-voter governor can inflict on citizens he doesn’t like? You can get a taste from the initiatives of Gov. Rick Scott in Florida, including ridiculous rules for registering new voters that drove away the League of Women Voters and mean-spirited ethnic cleansing of voters already on the [...]
Follow-up on HAVA funds: The NC General Assembly continues to hear about the importance of including roughly $650,000 in the state budget in order to free up $4.1 million in federal money for operating our elections system. The federal money from the Help America Vote Act will pay for voting machine maintenance, poll worker training, Early [...]
The video purporting to document two non-citizens and a dead man receiving ballots during the NC primary turns out to be an even bigger hoax than we first reported. James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas carefully edited out a section of the filming where the voter impersonating a dead person actually requests the ballot in the name [...]
What’s the gap between registered voters by gender in North Carolina? Among whites, 53.5% of registered voters are women and 46.5% are men – a 7 percentage point gap, according to Democracy NC’s analysis of election data. For African Americans, the gap is much larger: 58% of registered black voters are women and only 42% [...]
Earlier this week, James O’Keefe of Project Veritas released a 10-minute video allegedly documenting voter fraud in North Carolina, featuring two examples of non-citizens who voted in past elections. O’Keefe gained national attention for his cleverly edited videos attacking ACORN, and some in the NC media were ready to gobble up his latest offering. Fortunately, [...]
A father in coastal Carteret County writes about his daughter’s hectic week of a senior prom, body piercing, and first time voting - a glimpse into the promising world ahead for us and the value of good parenting. Tucked inside Brad Rich’s story is something else, too: His daughter, Summer, was handed the wrong ballot [...]
Consider yourself deputized as an on-the-ground “voter protection” advocate in today’s primary election! You can help prevent confusion and mistakes at the polls that could cost people their vote. There are four ways to protect yourself and others: 1. Be prepared. Preview your ballot before you vote by clicking here. Use the same link to find [...]
The State Board of Elections posted a database of voters participating in One-Stop Early Voting. Here are some observations about who voted during the Early Voting phase of the 2012 primary election. See data for all 100 counties on this spread-sheet: http://democracyncarchive.org/downloads/EarlyVoteRegisTurnoutPrim2012.xls ● One-Stop Early Voting ended Saturday, May 5th, with a record turnout of North Carolina [...]
Democracy North Carolina today released a “Voter Confusion Index” that ranks the counties suffering the most complex changes as a result of redistricting. Most voters will go to the same precinct polling site where they voted in 2010, but their ballots will now have a different set of General Assembly and Congressional candidates because of [...]
Hey, check out this blog posting from Beth Messersmith of MomsRising. Maybe it will bring back fond memories or introduce you to timely resources for this election – plus, it describes a kids/family friendly event this Saturday. Another mother called Democracy NC today to let us know she was given the wrong ballot by the election [...]