I attended the House Elections Committee public hearing on implementing a voter ID in North Carolina. Unsurprisingly leftist groups including DemocracyNC, NAACP, and the ACLU were there in force. Comments ran 3 to 4 against voter ID at the meeting, despite the fact that depending on the poll you look at voter ID is supported by [...]
Civitas, Heritage Refute Voter ID Myths
Civitas President Francis De Luca and the Heritage Foundation’s Hans von Spakovsky demolished myths about voter ID at a discussion today. BTW, here’s a good Hans von Spakovsky has a good piece on the issue here. The first speaker: Keesha Gaskins, of Brennan Center for Justice at NYU. She notes that strict photo ID laws [...]
Voting Fraud Facts
Hans von Spakovsky of the Heritage Foundation reviews the Supreme Court decision on Indiana’s voter ID law, which they OK’d. The court said there is voter fraud — enough to make a difference in a close election. Take Al Franken’s election to the Senate. Eight months declared Franken the winner by 300 votes. A group [...]
Governor Elect Pat McCrory Forms Transition Team
Governor elect Pat McCrory has a team in place to help him pick the best candidates for people to serve in his administration. It includes the Chairman and President of the John William Pope Foundation, Art Pope and many other influential executives. Matt Willoughby has a video report…
Civitas Experts to Appear on Live Webcast Today
Some of our experts are going to be on a live Channel 17 webcast (http://www2.nbc17.com/) discussing the issues facing NC on Election Day. This really is live, so the times below may not be set in stone, but keep an eye out for these Civitas staffers today on the webcast: 12:45: Clark Riemer, Civitas — [...]
