by Thomas Mills | Jul 10, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Voting Rights |
In politics, to win an argument, your case needs to be believable just as much as it needs to be true. Right now, Republicans and Democrats are both pushing story lines that have little credibility. On the Republican side, it’s voter suppression laws. On the...
by John Wynne | Jul 8, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NCGA, Voting Rights |
Recent reports of a rise in African American turnout in the 2014 primaries, the implications of this in light of the new voter ID law, and the upcoming court case surrounding it, looks like much ado about nothing. Others may disagree, of course, but the latest...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 8, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Voting Rights |
Last week, a Republican group released a study that said African-Americans voted at higher rate in the May primary this year than they did in the May primary in 2010. Republicans hailed the news as proof that their voter suppression tactics weren’t targeted at Black...
by John Wynne | Jun 24, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NCGA, Voting Rights |
Our conservative legislature has gotten a lot of flack lately for their horribly racist and discriminatory new voting laws, which discriminate against those who don’t have proof that they are who they say they are and for whatever reason don’t feel like...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 28, 2014 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Voting Rights |
You know, I was going to write a blog about the GOP primary and the math that it would take for Thom Tillis to cross 40%. Instead, I’m going to write about another chapter in the ongoing GOP war on competence. Once again, they have broken the old, “If it ain’t broke,...
by Alexander H. Jones | Apr 4, 2014 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Voting Rights |
And there you have it: More outrage in Wingnut World. A new report postulating large amounts of potential voting fraud has conservatives giddy. Before the conversation on this report even begins, several points must be established. This legislature has no credibility...
