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North Carolina Legislators Propose Boilerplate Bills Suppressing Mail-in and Election Day Registration Voters

June 4, 2023June 4, 2023

We’re in North Carolina today awaiting action by the U.S. Supreme Court on Moore vs. Harper, the Independent State Legislature theory test case, and we just learned about a new bill shortening mail-in ballot deadlines and implementing provisional ballots for election-day registrants.

SCOTUS Hears Arguments on Dismissing Moore v. Harper; Democracy Advocates Divided

May 16, 2023May 16, 2023

Last month, the North Carolina Supreme Court reconsidered the case at the root of Moore v. Harper, overturning its own decision. Doing so may make Harper, now under consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court, moot. Last week, SCOTUS heard arguments for and against dismissing the case, intriguingly putting pro-Democracy groups on both sides of the fence.

North Carolina Supreme Court’s Harper v. Hall Decision May Impact an Even Bigger Case: Moore v. Harper

May 1, 2023May 4, 2023

We reported yesterday on the blatantly partisan decision by the North Carolina Supreme Court to throw out its own 2022 decision and give license to the state legislature to gerrymander at will. That decision ALSO impacts the Moore vs. Harper “independent state legislature” case in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Decision in Harper v. Hall Leaves North Carolinians with No Protection from Gerrymandering

April 30, 2023May 4, 2023

We’ve been following the scary Moore v. Harper and Harper v. Hall gerrymandering cases out of North Carolina for months now. A decision Friday in the Hall case likely greenlighted MORE rigged voting districts.

Democracy Headlines from Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin & Michigan

March 30, 2023March 30, 2023

We have democracy headlines today from Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, and Wisconsin, and good news from Michigan, which implements its Promote the Vote citizen ballot initiative on May 2nd.