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Voting rights groups seek to rally public opinion on potentially momentous NC gerrymandering case
Republican lawmakers have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to end state court oversight of federal elections and pro-democracy advocates are pushing back.
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Experts Warn Supreme Court Supporting ‘Dangerous’ GOP Legal Theory Could Destroy US Democracy
Independent state legislative theory—a formerly fringe right-wing notion that state lawmakers alone can regulate federal elections—will be tested in the U.S. Supreme Court in the coming months.
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Four Members of North Carolina’s Congressional Delegation Earn Near-Perfect Scores in 2022 Democracy Scorecard
Common Cause's 2022 “Democracy Scorecard” found growing support in Congress for democracy reform.
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Top state judges across US oppose NC lawmakers in Supreme Court
A group representing the chief justices in all 50 states filed a brief this week opposing the legal arguments made by Republican state lawmakers in an upcoming US Supreme Court case.
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Unaffiliated voter fighting for representation on a state level
Earlier this year, for the first time, more voters chose to be unaffiliated than register as a Democrat or Republican. One of those unaffiliated voters is Tyler Daye.
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Unaffiliated voters sue North Carolina lawmakers for seat on Board of Elections
Several unaffiliated voters filed a lawsuit looking to change who is allowed on the NC State Board of Elections.
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Common Cause & NC residents file lawsuit to let unaffiliated voters serve on State Board of Elections
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North Carolina unaffiliated voters sue over elections board appointment requirements
The voters say people who aren't registered as a Democrat or Republican should be allowed to serve on the state board that administers elections in the state.
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Common Cause NC welcomes Sailor Jones as new associate director
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State elections board rejects NC GOP signature matching request for absentee ballots
Bob Phillips, executive director of Common Cause North Carolina, said in a statement that elections board was right to reject “an unwise request.”
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NC State Board of Elections makes correct call for voters in rejecting discriminatory ‘signature-match’ request
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State budget fails NC voters, shortchanges elections funding