Kate Irby is based in Washington, D.C. and reports on issues important to McClatchy’s California newspapers, including the Sacramento Bee, Fresno Bee and Modesto Bee. She previously reported on breaking news in D.C., politics in Florida for the Bradenton Herald and politics in Ohio for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. … [Read more...] about Fact Check: Did Motor Voter tilt midterm elections against California Republicans?
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What will happen if voter ID comes back to NC? Here’s what happened last time
The North Carolina voter ID law that a federal appeals court panel overturned in 2016 was part of a package of election laws that reduced the early voting period by a week, ended same-day registration during early voting, eliminated pre-registration for 16- and 17-year-olds, and outlawed out-of-precinct voting, The N&O reported. … [Read more...] about What will happen if voter ID comes back to NC? Here’s what happened last time
Fact Check: Could the NC election investigation affect the Mark Harris win?
In terms of actual votes, Bitzer reported that 495 ballots were requested but never returned in Bladen and 1,180 were requested but never returned in Robeson. As FiveThirtyEight noted, Robeson had more unreturned ballots than Mecklenburg County (home to Charlotte) despite Mecklenburg casting three times as many total votes as Robeson. … [Read more...] about Fact Check: Could the NC election investigation affect the Mark Harris win?
California’s top judge quits the Republican Party, citing Kavanaugh hearings
In the Legislature, Democrats are set to control 60 out of 80 seats in the Assembly and 29 out of 40 seats in the Senate, giving the Democratic Party a super-majority. Democrats also won all of California’s statewide elected offices, with Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom preparing to succeed Jerry Brown. … [Read more...] about California’s top judge quits the Republican Party, citing Kavanaugh hearings
Ease NC’s absentee voting rules for people displaced by Hurricane Florence, NAACP asks
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