RICHMOND, Va. — On July 29, a federal appeals court struck down North Carolina’s restrictive omnibus voting law in a sweeping victory for voting rights, holding that it was “passed with racially discriminatory intent.” Democracy North Carolina, the state’s largest voting-rights organization, praised the ruling. “We applaud the appeals court for recognizing the discriminatory [...]
In a significant decision this afternoon, the Fourth US Circuit Court of Appeals blocked a ruling by federal District Court Justice Thomas Schroeder that would have repealed same-day registration during early voting and out-of-precinct voting on Election Day. The two provisions were in place for the March and June 2016 primaries and, because of today’s [...]
DEMOCRACY NC STATEMENT ON STATEWIDE CANVASS OF MARCH PRIMARY: “Such a fragile method of protecting people’s votes, by rescuing them after the election, cannot be tolerated.” RALEIGH (May 31, 2016) – Today the N.C. State Board of Elections (NCSBOE) is meeting to certify the results of the 2016 March Primary – the first election with [...]
Statewide Voting Rights Organization Reveals Negative Impact of New Photo ID Law Raleigh, N.C. (May 26, 2016) – Democracy North Carolina released key findings from the March 2016 Primary on Thursday, providing mounting evidence that North Carolina’s 2013 voting law is having a negative impact on North Carolina voters. The research was included as part [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Download Democracy North Carolina's Latest 2016 Redistricting FAQs >> BACKGROUND Three Legal Challenges: A special three-judge panel recently ruled that the maps drawn for NC Congressional District 1 and District 12 were illegal and must be redrawn before the next election. The judges said the maps intentionally segregated and packed black voters into the two [...]
Late Friday Federal Court Ruling Strikes Down Gerrymandered Districts Late Friday, three federal appellate judges threw out congressional voting maps the Republican-led General Assembly drew five years ago, ruling that two districts were gerrymandered along racial lines. Judges ordered state lawmakers to redraw the maps within two weeks. As WRAL reported, "the three-judge panel ruled [...]
