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T. Andrew Dykers | Independent Voter NewsT. Andrew Dykers. T. Andrew Dykers is an attorney in North Carolina working on the rights of unaffiliated candidates and in support of nonpartisan government.…
Steve Goodale | Independent Voter NewsSteve Goodale. A dual US/UK citizen since birth, Steve grew up in Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina before moving to London as an adult. He now works as a digital marketing consultant and in his spare time is the webmaster and World Editor for News Growl.…
NC Bill Combining Easier Mail-In Voting with Voter ID Makes Its Way to Governor's Desk | Independent Voter Newspublisher. Compromise legislation that would make it easier to vote absentee in North Carolina this fall, and safer to vote in person, has been cleared with bipartisan support in the General Assembly. But it faces an uncertain future on the desk of Gov. Roy…
Fresh lawsuits challenge vote-by-mail limits in four Southern states | Independent Voter Newsunconstitutional and against federal law the limited available reasons for voting at home in Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee and the complex processes required to fill out and return those absentee ballots. South Carolina and Tennessee now…
Supreme Court Reaffirms It Will Not Protect Voters from Partisan Gerrymandering | Independent Voter Newsas a three-judge panel had ordered in May. The Supreme Court had put the panel’s ruling on hold ahead of its rulings, issued the next month, in two major gerrymandering cases from Maryland and North Carolina. The justices in June dealt a major blow to…
California Republicans Mimic Democrats on Ballot Harvesting | Independent Voter News2016. as GOP political operatives in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District illegally collected ballots from voters, including submitting some ballots that were fraudulently filled out and signed. Ballot harvesting is illegal in North Carolina, and…
Is SCOTUS About to Finally Give Voters a Win on Gerrymandering? | Independent Voter Newspartisan district-drawing cases in both Maryland and North Carolina, the already hot topic of gerrymandering grew even more fiery, with both sides anxious to see what the nation’s highest court does - or doesn’t do - to intervene. Last year, the court…
CA Mail-in Bill Allows Ballots to be Received Up to 17 Days after Election | Independent Voter Newsis no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2018 election. Republicans are. reportedly. working to improve their own on-the-ground ballot collection operation for 2020. Ballot harvesting was also a major topic of controversy in North Carolina after the 9th…
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10 States Where Party Planners Can Host (and Avoid) Representative Primaries | Independent Voter Newsa national mirror than New Hampshire, at 82 percent. Nevada and South Carolina, which will vote on Saturday, are near the middle — but South Carolina, as its leaders have advertised for decades, does have the third highest level of political engagement…
Another coronavirus victim: public access to government | Independent Voter Newsrequests. Carolina Beach, a town of 6,700 on the North Carolina coast just south of Wilmington, provides a good example of what happens when a public body — in an attempt to deal with an emergency — gets itself sideways with open meeting laws. The Town Council…