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 [...]
Op-ed "How NC voter ID law has become a dangerous farce" originally published in the Raleigh News and Observer on January 27, 2016. Read full editorial here >> BY BOB HALL, DEMOCRACY NC In a matter of weeks, thousands of North Carolina voters will head to the polls unaware of what they’ll need to vote [...]
Findings of the Board of Elections Interviews by the League of Women Voters of NC and Democracy NC August 2015 Volunteers with the League of Women Voters of NC or Democracy North Carolina interviewed the executive directors of 36 county boards of elections in the winter and spring of 2015. The survey asked directors about [...]
North Carolina voters could head to the polls unaware of what they’ll need to vote in 2016. Beginning with the 2014 primary, county boards of elections were tasked with educating voters about 2016 photo ID requirements. According to the North Carolina State Board of Elections website, that meant poll workers were to ask voters if [...]
You can download our guide that will help you influence the hours and locations your county offers voters during Early Voting. A new law has reduced the number of days for Early Voting (“EV”) from 17 to 10. With fewer days and other voting changes, lines at the polls could be longer than usual. Strong [...]
On the heels of hundreds of citizen complaints at voter ID hearings across the state, and after years of mounting public and legal pressure, Democracy North Carolina is pleased that the NC General Assembly has decided to modify the needless voter ID hurdle that voters will face starting in 2016. Even if just one percent [...]
In two Notice Letters, national and state voting-rights groups notified North Carolina officials that the state is systematically violating the federal law that requires public assistance agencies and the Division of Motor Vehicles to help citizens register to vote. ** PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AGENCIES: According to the first notice letter, voter registration applications initiated at public [...]
NC Rep. Larry Hall and several other state legislators have introduced House Bill 240, “Allow NC College ID to Meet Voter ID Requirement,” at this link: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=h240 The law requiring voters to present a photo ID, beginning in 2016, has generated considerable controversy, as well as legal challenges in federal and state courts. Often lost [...]
