Fifty years ago today, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law, banning literacy tests and other discriminatory voting practices that had been implemented in Southern states after the Civil War.
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A case that will determine the legality of the highly contested 2013 voter ID law continues to be heard in federal court in Winston-Salem.
Read More »As lawsuits challenging North Carolina’s 2013 voter-ID requirement continue, a recent North Carolina law will provide an alternative for voters without photo identification in future elections.
Read More »Several voting activist organizations put North Carolina on notice earlier this month for violating the National Voter Registration Act.
Read More »Early voting turnout in North Carolina in 2014 increased substantially from the last midterm election — despite a shorter number of early voting days.
Read More »The N.C. Board of Elections has flagged 1,425 registered voters in North Carolina who likely lack citizenship status.
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The early voting period for Orange County began Thursday — and so far, recent changes to North Carolina voting laws and a change in the polling location for UNC’s campus do not seem to have significantly affected the number of people who are choosing to head to the polls early.
Read More »A recent decision by the Watauga County Board of Elections to move an early voting site located on Appalachian State University’s campus was overturned Monday.
Read More »North Carolina’s population of Asian-Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders have grown at the fastest rate of any other state in the South since 2000 — and their increased presence might have an impact on the midterm election.
Read More »Today is the last day to register to vote in North Carolina in the November election, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the state law eliminating same-day registration and out-of-precinct voting would take effect.
Read More »As the first day of early voting draws closer, the UNC-system Association of Student Governments focused on strategies for student voter engagement at its monthly meeting Oct. 3-4 at UNC-Wilmington.
Read More »An all-campus email Wednesday said the deadline to register to vote in the midterm election was Oct. 10 — but it turns out students might be able to register and fill out a ballot on the same day when early voting begins Oct. 23.
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As a federal appeals court heard arguments Thursday on whether North Carolina’s voting law will impact the midterm elections, the state’s Board of Elections investigated potential voter registration fraud.
Read More »North Carolina’s contentious voting law will be back in court next Thursday for a hearing that could determine whether it will impact the midterm elections.
Read More »A final push to save Appalachian State University’s on-campus early voting site was denied at the end of August — ensuring students will have to make a 20-minute trek to an off-campus site during November’s midterm elections.
Read More »A shorter early voting period and the elimination of same-day voter registration are two parts of North Carolina’s year-old voting law slated to impact November’s elections.
Read More »The lack of a microphone was only the first time someone complained about not being heard at the Orange County Board of Elections meeting on Tuesday.
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Voter turnout has increased since the last non-presidential election, but state advocacy groups want November’s general election to be exempt from voting restrictions passed last year.
Read More »Students who live in dorms will have to take an extra step to find out the information needed to cast an absentee ballot for the May 6 primary election.
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Mark another deadline on your calendars — voter registration ends on Friday.
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