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Old North State Report – July 31, 2026

UPCOMING EVENTS August 31, 2026: Thinkers Lunch – Political Reporter Roundtable October 15, 2026: NC Professional Lobbyists Association Annual Meeting October 22, 2026: Associatio...

NC House approves election changes, budget additions over critics’ objections

North Carolina House Republicans on Tuesday approved wide-ranging changes to the conduct of elections, pushing past Democrats’ objections.   The House approved House Bill 958  in a...

Your vote. Your child’s classroom. Your electric bill. Your water. Your health.

As the North Carolina Supreme Court begins a new session, we need to remember what this court is supposed to be. It is supposed to be a check on power. It is supposed to protect ou...

North Carolina’s Double Jeopardy Clause

Constitutional protection against double jeopardy is understood to extend no further than the Fifth Amendment requires. Two recent cases from the Court of Appeals, however, seem to...

Old North State Report – July 10, 2026

NC groups launch campaign to defeat two tax amendments on November ballot

Two North Carolina groups are launching a campaign against two tax-related constitutional amendments on the November ballot, touting plans to knock on 500,000 doors and collect 100...

NC Senate approves controversial elections bill along party lines

The NC Senate moved swiftly to pass two elections bills Tuesday that would alter many aspects of voting from registration to ballot counting.  Republicans said the changes would en...

Stein vetoes Republican-backed ‘anti-voter’ North Carolina elections bill

In both chambers of the legislature, only Republicans voted to pass House Bill 958.

The Case for North Carolina as America’s Corporate Capital

NC Democrats say voting rights are in danger again 61 years after passage of Voting Rights Act

Thursday marked the 61st anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, a landmark law prohibiting discrimination in voting based on race, color, or language-minority status. 

North Carolina was the dress rehearsal for MAGA

The state offers lessons for the country.

NC ‘budget corrections’ bill takes aim once again at top elected Democrats’ authority

The “budget technical corrections” bill passed by state Senate lawmakers Wednesday takes aim at more than statutory typos – it once again targets the authority of statewide elected...

Republicans on the NC elections board agree to drop Sunday early voting hours in 10 more counties

When members of county boards of election disagreed on whether to offer Sunday hours during early voting for this year’s midterm elections, the NC Board of Elections usually went a...

NC Senate approves judicial oversight measure despite warnings of politicization

The final version of H377 includes a provision giving the state Supreme Court the power to censure, publicly reprimand, suspend or remove judges at its discretion.

NC House looks to clear most of its plate this week

The North Carolina state House returns to work this week to take what may be its last votes before the November election.  House Republicans are set to give final consideration to...

Fix North Carolina’s candidate withdrawal and absentee ballot deadline problems

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s fight to withdraw his name from the ballot in 2024 exposed the need to reform North Carolina’s candidate withdrawal and absentee ballot deadline laws. Two y...

NC candidate who wanted to use ‘Mortellus’ on the ballot says the state’s response is incomplete

North Carolina ballots must have candidates’ legal names or nicknames, and must include last names unless legally, the candidates have just one name, the state Board of Elections d...

NC Board of Elections votes along party lines to reject most Sunday early voting hours

The Republican majority on the state Board of Elections voted against including Sunday hours as part of early voting plans in most counties where local boards could not agree on we...

North Carolina scores well on an election policy but could do better

A national think tank recently rated all fifty states on election policy. North Carolina scored relatively well, but it was among the states that still have “room for improvement.”...

Revolutionary Resolves in NC from the East to the West

Annoyance and resistance to the policies of King George III and the British Parliament did not just materialize after the April 1775 battles of Lexington and Concord in Massachuset...

North Carolina To Become A Surveillance State After Approving License Plate Readers Statewide

NC elections board injects parts of delayed rules into last-minute absentee ballot guidance for counties

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Mere hours before thousands of absentee ballots started going out in North Carolina, the State Board of Elections voted along party lines to change how count...

Veto coming on the GOP’s big elections bill, NC Gov. Stein says

NC Gov. Josh Stein says he will veto a major elections bill the state House approved this week with only Republican votes.  The bill shortens early voting in primaries from 17 to 1...

NC voting rights groups say they’ll increase efforts to help voters overcome obstacles

Voting rights advocates said Monday they are stepping up voter protection efforts for this year’s midterm elections in the face of efforts they say will hinder legitimate voters. ...