Monthly Archive: June 2018

McClatchy Poll Showed Major Support of NC Voter ID*

June 25, 2018 (Raleigh) — While our Legislature fights over a constitutional amendment on voter ID, now might be a good time to review a 2013 McClatchy poll that the McClatchy-owned News and Observer never saw fit to publish. Every imaginable demographic supported the idea. Most surprisingly, 72% of Democrats, 65% of persons calling themselves …

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Former NC Supreme Court Justice Drinks the Kool Aid

June 14, 2018 (Raleigh) — Too many politicians act is if vote theft is less important than gutlessly preening for the dominant media; and sadly, former NC Supreme Court Justice, Bob Orr, joined that McCainiac Universe with an op-ed published in the Charlotte Observer. Rather than critique Orr’s missive line-by-line, I encourage you to go read it and …

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Let’s all vote on the issue of NC voter ID!

June 5, 2018 (Raleigh)–While the entire nation watched a federal lawsuit against North Carolina’s voter ID law two years ago, nobody much talked about the wolf just outside the federal courtroom’s door and it’s high time the legislature neutered that critter before he hurts somebody. Most scholars and political players agree that the main reason that …

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NC’s Stealth Voting Machine Monopoly

[Update June 5, 2018–SB 486 passed a second and third reading in Monday night’s legislative session. No lawmakers offered to amend the portion of the law addressed in this article. ~ jd] Jun 4, 2018 (Raleigh) — Tonight at the Legislature, North Carolina’s lower chamber will conduct a third vote on an election reform bill …

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