Nov 8, 2019 (Raleigh) Voter Integrity Project has learned of a “Bill Summary,” the Legislative Bill Drafting section released Thursday, Oct 24, suggesting renewed interest in the quietly stalled House Bill 140, a bipartisan measure to take redistricting authority away from the Legislative branch of state government and surrender it to the Judiciary, under the …
Oct 9, 2019 (Raleigh) Critics of a hotly debated Senate Bill (SB250) in the state’s legislature, we deemed it appropriate to remind the public of an October 25, 2018, Wake Forest Weekly article in which State Board of Elections’ spokesman, Patrick Gannon, freely admitted his agency has inadequate voter lists maintenance programs. “We do not have …
[Official comments from Jay DeLancy, Founder of Voter Integrity Project – NC, North Carolina’s oldest constitutional election watchdog group.] Sept 13, 2019 (Raleigh) — For years, Voter Integrity Project has stayed out of the redistricting fight, dismissing it as a “partisan” matter. We have always viewed the VIP mission as that of a non-partisan election watchdog …
Sept 10, 2019 (Raleigh) In a long-overdue move give voice to those who see questionable actions when voting at the polls, Voter Integrity Project is launching the Snap Inspection Report, a form that will enable witnesses to report the condition of their local polling location. “Just about Every Election Day,” said Jay DeLancy, the Founder …
Sep 6, 2019 (Indianapolis) Federal District Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt ruled late last night to deny John Schmitz’ emergency motion for a preliminary injunction that would have ordered the Marion County Election Board to allow him on the ballot, and opined that Schmitz’ plea had “shown a likelihood of success on the merits of …
Sep 4, 2019 (Raleigh) We’ve received several queries on the status of the equipment that election officials are using to collect votes and to tabulate the outcome, so now seemed like a good time for an update. The driving force behind calls for new machines is the unsettling headlines we see every election cycle, involving …
Are the Inmates Running the Asylum? Aug 30, 2019 (Lumberton, NC) — Amid rampant reports of illegal electioneering and voter impersonation in Robeson County today, the Voter Integrity Project has learned that a second Robeson County BOE member, Karen Nance, a Democrat, has forwarded her resignation to the State Board of Elections. Nance’s email, sent to General …
SDR . . . Flawed By Design Aug 28, 2019 (Fayetteville) Voter Integrity Project Lead Analyst, Jerry Reinoehl, today released the first batch of letters directed at all Same-Day Registration (SDR) voters in North Carolina’s 3rd, 9th, and 12th Congressional Districts as part of a research blitz that will help determine the extent of fraud …