This week’s Bad Bill of the Week focuses on legislation intended to create an “independent redistricting commission.” While a supposedly independent commission assigned to handle redistricting sounds appealing, political reality and experience tell us the commission would end up being anything but independent. SB 155 (as do all “independent” redistricting bills) appears to pass off [...]
Three Judge Panel to Decide on Maps Drawn by Republican Lawmakers
On Tuesday, in the second day of arguments on legal challenges to the North Carolina legislative and congressional districts, attorneys for the Republican-led General Assembly took their turn to defend the maps drawn two years ago. At the center of the arguments, on both sides, is the “whole-county” provision in the North Carolina Constitution. The [...]
Newby and Ervin About Even In Campaign Funds
In one of the more important races in North Carolina, Supreme Court candidates Republican Paul Newby and Democrat Sam Ervin have roughly the same amount of cash on hand in their latest campaign reports. They both received over $240,000 in public finance funds. But the State Board of Elections ruled they would not be given [...]
Judges Dismiss Some Redistricting Complaints
A three judge panel has dismissed many of the lawsuit complaints filed by the NAACP and Democrat groups over redistricting maps approved by the legislature. Those complaints dealt with accusations the maps were unconstitutional because of split counties and precincts. The dismissal leaves about half of the objections still to be decided by the special [...]
AG Holder Promotes Universal Voter Registration – Wants to Stop Voter ID
Despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of voter ID legislation, Attorney General Eric Holder challenged Texas’ new voter ID law on Wednesday while speaking at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library in Austin. His speech, targeting Texas election laws and redistricting, was for the most part, a repeat of the unsubstantiated rhetoric of the liberal-left. But, Holder added [...]
