Michael McElroy

The officials urged lawmakers to meet with county elections officials to hear from those responsible for the state’s elections how harmful some of these changes would be.

Moore has presided over substantial changes to North Carolina laws, including a 12-week abortion ban, several moves to diminish the governor’s power and laws targeting LGBTQ students. 

An education bill could allow just five parents to get a superintendent fired, regardless of the merits of the complaint. 

Republican lawmakers say expanding access to private schools gives all parents more say in their children’s education. But that’s not the case, especially for those who have children with disabilities.

Proposed private school voucher expansions divert even more money from an already underfunded public school system, and fail to address severe teacher shortages.

A bill advancing through the North Carolina legislature would bar doctors from providing gender-affirming care for children. When a Democrat pointed out the studies say such laws are dangerous, Sen. Buck Newton chuckled and called the science ‘specious.’

Republican legislatures across the U.S. enacted abortion bans soon after the Supreme Court’s struck down Roe v. Wade, but North Carolina’s attack on abortion rights came in the last few months.

Senate Bill 747 would likely ensure thousands of valid ballots are thrown out, prevent boards of election from filling funding gaps, and make it harder for college students to vote.

While the suit condemns the entirety of the abortion ban, it focuses on vague provisions that make it unclear when exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother would actually be applied.

Elections officials are working through the logistics of implementing new Voter ID requirements before municipal elections this fall. Now’s your chance to weigh in.