A Look Back at the Statewide Judicial Elections
North Carolina has two statewide appellate courts, the seven-member Supreme Court and the fifteen-member Court of Appeals. Justices on the Supreme Court and judges on the Court of Appeals are elected statewide to staggered eight-year terms, with at least one seat on...
In the wake of the scandal, North Carolina could become a model for election integrity
Election fraud has been happening in counties around the state for years but law enforcement generally ignored it, according to an article in the News & Observer. Most of it took place in rural counties and centered around local elections, even if some of it bled...
GOP’s new definition of election projection
Watching Republicans yell “But the Democrats!” on twitter in response to the election fraud in the 9th Congressional District race has been very entertaining. It’s also given new meaning to the term Election projection. The twitter warrior who goes by the handle...
The GOP response to NC-09 is lacking
The Republican reaction to the massive election fraud scandal in NC-09 that’s now garnering national attention is interesting to watch. The GOP leadership is demanding that Mark Harris, the Republican Congressional candidate who led in the district by 905 votes, be...
The legacy of Silent Sam is not about Confederates, it’s about Republicans
Yesterday, the UNC Board of Trustees struggled to figure out what to do with Silent Sam, the monument honoring Confederate soldiers that was toppled earlier this year. Much of the board would prefer to move the statue off campus but state law prevents that. Instead,...
More GOP hypocrisy exposed
The voter fraud scandal unfolding down in Bladen County lays bare the GOP’s hypocrisy. With almost no evidence except the election of a black man as President of the United States, the GOP has claimed broad corruption was tainting our elections. To hear them tell it,...
What did Mark Harris know and when did he know it?
Republicans who have been claiming that voter fraud is rampant finally have their proof—and it’s Republicans who are promoting the fraud. Down in Bladen County, it appears a group of Republican operatives ran a scam to get votes for Republican Congressional candidate...
A big FU to African-Americans
The elevation of Thomas Farr to a lifelong appointment to the federal courts says a lot about the Republican Party. They’re rewarding a man who unabashedly participated in making voting more difficult for African-Americans. They’re sending a signal that there is no...
Polling, after the fact
Civitas has released a poll just two weeks after the midterm election. Apparently, they’ll continue their monthly polling even in a non-election year. It’s very helpful to those of us who want to understand what’s happening in the state after the ads have stopped...
Racial politics laid bare
With the Mississippi runoff for US Senate taking place tomorrow, the South and its racial history played prominently in the news this week. A New York Times article this weekend said that Democrats speaking frankly about race risk alienating rural white voters who are...
