2022 Midterms: How North Carolinians Turned Out A new analysis of last year’s election in North Carolina shows that white voters achieved their highest rate of turnout for a midterm election in more than three decades, despite the fact that the overall rate of voter participation declined in 2022 from 2018. Another surprising fact: white…
Who voted in North Carolina during the 2020 General Election, and how did they choose to cast their ballot? The COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented challenges in nearly every area of life throughout 2020 — including the General Election. Federal and local safety guidelines necessitated significant changes to in-person voting sites, voting procedures, and a need…
Morrisville, N.C. (5/18/2022) – In a critical election year for North Carolinians, voters returned to polling sites in droves throughout the primary season, with an early voting turnout rate nearly twice as high as 2018 and more than 1.4 million North Carolinians casting their vote in the 2022 Primary Election. After an election surrounded by…
MORRISVILLE, N.C. (10/21/22) — North Carolina voters converged on county polls on Thursday for the kick off of in-person Early Voting, running from October 20 through November 5. In total, nearly 187,000 votes were cast by day’s end (including absentee by mail and one-stop early voting), compared to 155,178 cast by the same point in…
MORRISVILLE, N.C. (Oct. 15, 2020) — North Carolina voters converged on county polls on Thursday for the kick off of in-person early voting. In total, over 330,000 votes were cast by day’s end, greatly surpassing 2016’s first-day turnout of 166,000 votes. Democracy North Carolina, which hosts the state’s nonpartisan voter assistance hotline 888-OUR-VOTE, received over…
According to data from the North Carolina State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement released on October 25, voters have cast 809,545 ballots at Early Voting sites since the start of this year’s 18-day Early Voting period. [Click here for a downloadable .pdf of the full report.] As stated in Democracy NC analyses for the…
According to data from the North Carolina State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement released on October 25, voters have cast 809,545 ballots at Early Voting sites since the start of this year’s 18-day Early Voting period. [Click here for a downloadable .pdf of the full report.] As stated in Democracy NC analyses for the…
MORRISVILLE, N.C. (03.07.24) — North Carolina voters took to the polls during the 2024 Primary Election, with more than 1.7 million voters casting their ballot during the early voting period and Election Day. The stage was set for the 2024 Primary nearly a year ago when the NC State Supreme Court revived the voter ID…
MORRISVILLE, N.C. (11/09/23) — North Carolina voters took to the polls during the 2023 Municipal Elections, with more than half a million voters casting their ballot during the Early Voting period and Election Day. Given the significant increase in anti-voter policies in the state throughout the 2023 legislative session – including attacks on Same-Day Registration, Early…
MORRISVILLE, NC (06/05/2023) — Last week, North Carolina lawmakers introduced a major elections bill that will dramatically restrict voter access to the ballot and remove popular voting methods used by North Carolinians of all political stripes. Senate Bill 747 includes many anti-voter provisions that have been successfully vetoed in previous years by Governor Roy Cooper,…
MORRISVILLE, N.C. (4/13/23) – New analysis of last year’s midterm General Election in North Carolina shows that white voters achieved their highest rate of turnout for a midterm election in more than three decades, despite the fact that the overall rate of voter participation declined in 2022 from 2018. “When you learn who felt energized…
Asheville, N.C. (April 28, 2020) — On the day of the Buncombe County Board of Elections’ first-ever virtual meeting to discuss 2020 voting options, dozens of activists led by local chapters of Democracy North Carolina, Equality NC and the ACLU of North Carolina, submitted their recommendations to the Board to “ensure access to all voters.” …
Updated as Dec. 31, 2019 (12/31/2019) — A federal court on Thursday ordered North Carolina’s strict photo identification requirement be stopped for 2020. In a 60-page order, Federal District Court Judge Loretta Biggs said that parts of the new voter ID law “were impermissibly motivated, at least in part, by discriminatory intent.” With…
By Sunny Frothingham | Edited by Isela GutiĂ©rrez and Tomas Lopez | Design by Gabe Casalett September 2019 Introduction Latinx voters are poised to play an important role in North Carolina’s 2019 and 2020 elections. The 2018 midterm election brought a surge in Latinx voter turnout, and the Latinx voter population as a whole continues…
Reflecting the high voter enthusiasm seen nationwide, the 2018 Election garnered unusually robust turnout from North Carolina voters for a midterm election cycle.1 In particular, the cycle brought surges in young voters, Asian American voters, Hispanic or Latino voters and unaffiliated voters, and strong opposition to the photo ID constitutional amendment in urban counties and…
Reflecting the high voter enthusiasm seen nationwide, the 2018 Election garnered unusually robust turnout from North Carolina voters for a midterm election cycle.1 In particular, the cycle brought surges in young voters, Asian American voters, Hispanic or Latino voters and unaffiliated voters, and strong opposition to the photo ID constitutional amendment in urban counties and…
According to data from the North Carolina State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement released October 22, voters have cast 430,841 ballots at Early Voting sites since the start of this year’s 18-day Early Voting period. [Download a .PDF of this analysis.] This year, only 27 counties had Early Voting sites open on the first…
According to data from the North Carolina State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement released October 19, 136,300 voters cast ballots at Early Voting sites on the first day of this year’s 18-day Early Voting period. By contrast, over 121,200 North Carolinians cast ballots on the first day of Early Voting in 2014, the last…
More than 1.7 million North Carolinians cast ballots on November 4, 2014, and most of them had a pleasant voting experience, according to an Exit Survey we conducted with the help of 400 volunteers at 120 precincts in over three dozen counties. Voters said precinct officials were generally helpful and courteous, and in most cases…
Independents Add Two Thirds of New Votes in 2014; Turnout Rates in NC Counties Range Widely Democrats, seniors, women and African Americans all increased their rate of participation in 2014 compared to the last midterm election in 2010, but the biggest share of new voters came from independents unaligned with any political party, according to…
Democracy NC: Over 25 Years of Speaking Truth to Power For more than 25 years, Democracy North Carolina has challenged the corrupting role of money in politics and promoted greater voter participation. In the process, we’ve taken on powerful industries and politicians of all parties. Here’s a sample of our reports, research, and reforms since…
Ready to start planning how to impact this November’s election? Join us for the Alamance Coalition Meeting on Saturday, July 14, in Burlington.  WHAT: Alamance Coalition Meeting WHEN: Saturday, July 14, at 10 a.m. WHERE: Gethsemane Christian Church (1650 Burch Bridge Road, Burlington 27217). During this hour-long event, we’ll help Alamance voters develop impactful get-out-the-vote strategies, share more…