Hours before absentee ballots go out, North Carolina approves new restrictions
Hours before sending out absentee ballots to voters, North Carolina pushed through its latest restrictions that could make it harder for those votes to count.
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USPS approves North Carolina’s mail ballot design on eve of sending them to voters
The U.S. Postal Service signed off on North Carolina’s mail ballots, making it one of the first states to be approved under a new Trump administration plan that would restrict voting by mail.
This week at Democracy Docket: All the news on the fight over Trump’s mail voting order. Plus — we revealed another election denial activist at DHS
Democracy Docket was created to track the legal battles over voting rights more closely than any other news outlet — offering up-to-the-minute information on where things stand for Americans’ access to the ballot.
Public objections pause new voting restrictions in North Carolina – at least for now
A slate of anti-voting measures in North Carolina is unlikely to take effect before the November midterms because the public raised enough objections to trigger a review by state lawmakers.
Facing time crunch, North Carolina takes first step to comply with new USPS mail voting rule while fighting it
North Carolina election officials took the first step to comply with the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) new rule implementing parts of President Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order — even as the state fights to block the order in federal court.
This week at Democracy Docket: We reveal what could be DOJ’s most troubling hire yet — and weaponizing Chick-fil-A to restrict voting
As President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) ramps up its campaign to interfere in the midterms, no news outlet is keeping a closer eye on its plans than Democracy Docket.
North Carolina election board denies voting site at nation’s largest HBCU for second time
North Carolina’s state board of elections once again refused to provide an accessible early voting location at North Carolina A&T State University, the nation’s largest historically Black college or university.
Disgraced GOP operative drove voting place cuts in North Carolina
A disgraced GOP operative who resigned from his North Carolina election oversight role in July was a driving force behind efforts to curtail voting opportunities in the state, local election administrators suggested Thursday.
No Chick-fil-A, no voting: One North Carolina county’s argument for closing polls on Sundays
Chick-fil-A isn’t open on Sundays, so polls shouldn’t be either. That was one reason a GOP county board member in North Carolina offered for scaling back weekend voting during a heated North Carolina State Board of Elections meeting Thursday.
North Carolina governor vetoes sweeping voting restrictions
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein killed a sweeping GOP elections bill that would have shortened early voting, extended the time period to challenge votes and expanded voter roll maintenance.
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