Exposing North Carolina’s liberal/progressive movement.
The Mapping the Left (MTL) project combines data, research and news articles to show the magnitude of the radical Left’s infrastructure in North Carolina. For decades, the liberal/progressive movement has mostly been invisible to the general public. Hiding from the “liberal” label, the well-organized progressive movement has built a network of groups that work together to push an extreme, liberal/progressive agenda that the media has failed to report upon.
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Two Problematic State Senate Districts and One That Is Not As Bad as It Looks
We noted on October 20 how the proposed North Carolina Senate map tended to favor Republicans. We also noted how…
Proposed Congressional Maps Look Ugly But Are Good on Many Redistricting Criteria
The two congressional maps proposed in the Senate Redistricting and Elections Committee are not pretty. What the maps do with…
Misconceptions about Redistricting: What Are the Stephenson Criteria?
The North Carolina General Assembly is expected to have its new legislative and congressional maps ready this week. The 2022…
Empowering Oversight: Perspective on Oversight Commission’s New Powers
The North Carolina state budget, recently enacted, expanded the powers of the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, a body…
SCOTUS Cases May Establish Brackets for Race and Redistricting Claims
A case out of South Carolina could help set limits on claims of racial gerrymandering, further clarifying how such claims…
Veto Override Delivers a Host of Locke Election Policy Victories
The General Assembly overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 747, “An Act to Make Various Changes Regarding Election…
A Redistricting Tale of Three Counties Split Three Ways
One goal when drawing congressional districts is to keep political communities, including counties, together. As Jim Stirling and I noted…
Public Comments to General Assembly Committees on Redistricting Standards
The John Locke Foundation’s Jim Stirling and Andy Jackson both spoke at a public hearing of the joint Senate Redistricting…
Legislative Gutting of Public Records Law Can — and Should — Be Fixed
Legislators added a provision to the state budget that would make them functionally exempt from public records lawGovernment transparency is…
Criteria Recommendations for North Carolina Congressional Maps
Though North Carolina passed its newest budget last week, the legislature will still be busy this week. The legislature still…
State Budget Includes Several Good Election Reforms
I wrote last April about how the proposed state budget includes several good election policies, even if not all of…
Anita Earls’ Lawsuit Against the Judicial Standards Commission Should Spark Changes
North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls is suing the state’s Judicial Standards Commission to make them end investigations into…
