Democracy

North Carolina lawmakers would like to not only enact the laws but also judge those laws without interference from the courts.  When their attempts to suppress voters and racially gerrymander the legislative districts were struck down in court they decided to rig the court system so they have control.  The most recent proposal is to…

When people think of voter fraud, they think of voter impersonation — implying voters are at fault. Any crimes committed in this case were committed by the Harris campaign, not the voters who were fraudulently disenfranchised. Voters are the victims, and many are low-income residents and people of color whose votes were allegedly manipulated by…

Rachel Maddow revisits a past episode of the This American Life radio show in which the central figure in the current North Carolina election scandal is heard admitting to the same scheme in 2016. View the story

The GOP hypocrisy on this election fraud is astounding. Republicans want to pass a voter ID law making it harder for eligible voters to cast their ballots, while they are also trying to block a fair investigation into Bladen and Robeson County’s absentee ballots. If lawmakers were really concerned about the integrity of elections, they…

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/second-woman-claims-she-was-paid-to-pick-up-ballots-in-us-house-district-9-race/883177036 A second woman Channel 9 spoke with on Tuesday said she was paid by an electioneer in Bladen County to pick up absentee ballots in the U.S. House District 9 race. Cheryl Kinlaw said she was paid $100 by McCrae Dowless to pick up the ballots. Read More

Potential election fraud is being investigated in the 9th Congressional District race between Republican Mark Harris and Democrat Dan McCready, where thousands of absentee ballots mysteriously disappeared. The person at the center of the controversy is a convicted felon on the Harris campaign payroll, who supposedly did “get out the vote” work for the campaign. If…

Although North Carolina’s congressional district maps were ruled to be unconstitutionally partisan gerrymandered, the maps were not redrawn because it was too close to the election. In contested congressional races, the majority of North Carolina voters chose Democrats. But thanks to the extreme partisan gerrymandering, Republicans took 10 of 13 seats. In Pennsylvania, where the…

Earlier this year NC Sen. Thom Tillis said that the Mueller investigation should be protected and allowed to be completed. Even after Trump’s firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions Tillis says he sees no need to protect the investigation. Senator Tillis should keep his promise and join Sen. Flake by refusing to confirm any more…

After losing their supermajorities in the House and Senate on Election Day, Republican lawmakers are holding a “lame duck” session on November 27, the week after Thanksgiving, to pass a voter ID law while Republicans still have their veto-proof majority. This is undemocratic and goes against the NCGOP’s entire reasoning for putting voter ID on…