North Carolina Budget Includes Ban on Joining Voter Data Organization ERIC
On Thursday, May 18, the North Carolina Senate passed House Bill 259, the state’s 2023 budget that would fund government agencies.
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On Thursday, May 18, the North Carolina Senate passed House Bill 259, the state’s 2023 budget that would fund government agencies.
On Friday, April 28, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued a 5-2 opinion upholding the state’s felony disenfranchisement law and concluding that it does not violate the Equal Protection, Free Elections or Property Qualification clauses of the North Carolina Constitution.
On Friday, April 28, the new GOP majority on the North Carolina Supreme Court issued a 5-2 decision overturning the court’s own decision in Holmes v. Moore.
On Friday, April 28, the new Republican majority of the North Carolina Supreme Court issued a 5-2 party-line opinion overturning its prior decisions in Harper v. Hall, a previously decided redistricting case challenging the state’s congressional and legislative maps drawn with 2020 census data.
On Wednesday, April 5, North Carolina Democratic state Rep. Tricia Cotham confirmed reports that she is joining the Republican Party, giving the GOP a veto-proof supermajority in the state House.
On Monday, March 20, North Carolina Republicans introduced House Bill 396, which would repeal the state’s authorization to participate in the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), a nonprofit organization that allows states to share information to help maintain accurate voter rolls.
On Thursday, March 16, North Carolina Republicans introduced House Bill 376, a bill that would amend the state constitution to end the principle of one person, one vote in the state Senate.
On Monday, March 20, the parties in Moore v. Harper submitted additional briefing — at the request of the U.S. Supreme Court — in the pending case that could decide the fate of the radical independent state legislature (ISL) theory.
On Wednesday, March 15, the North Carolina Supreme Court reheard Holmes v. Moore, a case that previously blocked Senate Bill 824, a law that provided a narrow list of qualifying photo IDs acceptable for voting in the state.
On Tuesday, March 14, the North Carolina Supreme Court reheard Harper v. Hall, a previously decided redistricting lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s congressional and legislative maps drawn with 2020 census data.
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