North Carolina
Complete coverage for North Carolina can be found below. (Return to States List)
Information & Analysis
November, 2010
- NC voting machine suit settled (11/01/10)
October, 2010
November, 2008
- Close races update - NC goes for Obama, OR Senate race called, 55,000 votes to be counted in Alaska Senate race (11/06/08)
- Election Law @ Moritz signing off (11/04/08)
- Soggy Ballots in VA, NC (11/04/08)
- North Carolina NAACP plans to file voter intimidation charges. (11/04/08)
May, 2008
- IN and NC Polling Hours Extended (5/06/08)
November, 2006
- NC-8: Recount Begins (11/18/06)
- NC-8: Headed for Recount? (11/14/06)
Commentary
2010
News Wire
Election law news from across the country concerning North Carolina
April, 2013
- Voter ID one step closer to become state law (4/25/13)
- NC House budget committee endorses voter ID bill (4/23/13)
- New voter ID law could cost as much as $3.6 million to implement (4/19/13)
- Data shows fewer lack photo IDs (4/18/13)
- After emotional debate, voter ID bill approved by House panel (4/18/13)
- GOP rolls out less restrictive N.C. voter ID bill (4/05/13)
- Senate bill seeks to curb college vote (4/04/13)
- NC House committee to host voter ID discussion (4/03/13)
March, 2013
- Dome: Bills would shorten early voting period, make absentee voting more flexible (3/29/13)
- Cape Fear region Democrats float voter ID compromise (3/08/13)
- NC House Republicans to unveil voter ID plans (3/04/13)
February, 2013
January, 2013
- Any NC voter ID law will face legal, GOP obstacles (1/14/13)
- Up to 613,000 N.C. voters may not have ID card (1/09/13)
November, 2012
- Rouzer concedes in N.C. (11/29/12)
- 7th Congressional District race recount under way (11/27/12)
- McIntyre challenger calls for recount in North Carolina (11/20/12)
July, 2012
- Governor's veto to block voter ID stands (7/06/12)
June, 2012
- N.C. House seeks to soften voter ID bill (6/06/12)
May, 2012
April, 2012
- A quick guide to the John Edwards trial (4/23/12)
- Edwards Trial Set to Begin, Reopening a Story of a Derailed Political Career (4/22/12)
November, 2011
- 3 Perdue associates indicted (11/28/11)
August, 2011
- Redistricting Lawsuit? (8/26/11)
July, 2011
May, 2011
- Voter ID Laws Take Hold in Other States (5/23/11)
March, 2011
- Editorial - Proposed voter ID law is both unnecessary and expensive (3/17/11)
- State House committee considers voter I.D. bill (3/15/11)
February, 2011
January, 2011
November, 2010
- Computer glitches cause minor delays in Forsyth; polls to stay open longer in Surry (11/02/10)
- Democrats: Police checkpoint may have suppressed turnout (11/02/10)
- Election Officials Address Problems at the Polls (11/02/10)
September, 2010
- Instant Runoff coming in November (9/07/10)
- Instant runoff coming to statewide judicial race (9/01/10)
July, 2010
- State NAACP, Kinston citizens, intervene in nonpartisan lawsuit (7/14/10)
- State Senate OKs absentee ballot bill (7/01/10)
April, 2010
- WH forces partisan races on N.C. city (4/08/10)
December, 2009
September, 2009
August, 2009
May, 2009
- Bill promotes teen voter registration (5/11/09)
April, 2009
- Third parties argue for access to ballot (4/21/09)
- Board of Elections: Convicted felons voted illegally in '08 election (4/08/09)
March, 2009
February, 2009
November, 2008
- Estimated 40,000 provisional ballots in North Carolina (11/06/08)
- Early voting a big winner (11/05/08)
- Voting expected to set a record (11/05/08)
- North Carolina still unresolved for President (11/05/08)
October, 2008
- NC elections board allows early voting extension (10/30/08)
- Straight-ticket omits presidential race (10/20/08)
- NC elections board dismisses campaign complaints (10/14/08)
- Voter-registration forms cause confusion (10/08/08)
- Early voting hits snafu, as voting machines down today in Beaufort (10/06/08)
September, 2008
- Voter registration oddities result in deal (9/24/08)
- There’s a history written on paper ballots (9/18/08)
- City Council looks at voter registration ban (9/16/08)
- Election 08: Student voting rights at risk by murky state rules (9/08/08)
August, 2008
- Guilford to have enough voting machines (8/19/08)
- Lines to vote may be long in November (8/13/08)
- Voter Registration Scam (8/05/08)
- New Hanover expands early voting to cut Election Day lines (8/05/08)
July, 2008
- Counties to seek money for improving One Stop voting (7/28/08)
- More voters expected to cast ballots early (7/28/08)
- Lines likely in Forsyth (7/23/08)
- NC voting group says expanded early voting needed (7/21/08)
- Group lobbies for voting on Sunday (7/18/08)
Litigation
Active Cases
There are no active cases in North Carolina that Election Law @ Moritz is covering at this time.
Archived Cases
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Commentary
Silence of the Lambs
Dale A. Oesterle
With the election of 2012 now well over and past the second inauguration of the incumbent President, the historical analysis of the events has begun and will last as long as written human history lasts. An interesting tidbit may already be lost to the majesty of the moment.
The voters of three very different states, Alaska, New Hampshire, and Ohio, all had an opportunity to call state constitutional conventions. In each state the voters turned the opportunity down by very similar votes, 68%, 64% and 68% respectively against.
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