voting rights

The subject of election protests is the foundation of an ongoing lawsuit in federal district court filed by the North Carolina Republican Party and Republican National Committee against the North Carolina State Board of Elections.

The Republican Party has sued North Carolina's elections board to block students and employees at the state's flagship public university from showing a digital identification to comply with a photo ID law.

Republicans sued North Carolina’s elections board on Thursday, demanding enforcement of a new law that requires cross-checking jury documents to remove non-citizens from voter rolls. The state Board of Elections calls the claims "categorically false" and asks GOP to rescind news releases.

North Carolina Republican legislators have advanced a proposed constitutional amendment to make it clear that only U.S. citizens can vote in the state. It would retool language on the books that already limits balloting to U.S.-born and naturalized citizens 18 and older.

Both sides made closing arguments Monday in a federal court case that could decide if the state’s voter ID law continues as is. Attorney John Freedman…

Rev. William Barber II echoed concerns that measures including the photo ID requirement are targeted to weaken minority voting.

The Rockingham County Board of Elections voted three to two Wednesday to keep conservative activist Joseph Gibson III on the primary ballot running for a North Carolina State House seat. This comes after his candidacy was challenged by the county Republican Party chair, alleging that he wasn’t able to run for office due to past felony charges in another state.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a sweeping Republican elections bill Thursday that would end a grace period for voting by mail and make new…

North Carolina's newly seated Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday on whether people convicted of felonies — tens of thousands statewide — should be…

A new report on 2010 to 2020 census data shows tremendous growth in North Carolina's Latino population. Advocacy groups say this has implications for…