LibGuides: Election Law: North Carolina

There are a variety of resources available to researchers and voters to find information about candidates in North Carolina. Please see a selected list below as a starting point for your research.

Guides.vote Guides.vote provides clear, insightful, and well-sourced nonpartisan information on candidate positions to engage potential voters, especially young voters, so they can know what’s at stake in each election.

North Carolina Candidate Guide
U.S. Presidential Guide A candidate guide to the National Elections

Common Cause North Carolina Voter's Guide Common Cause North Carolina is a nonpartisan and nonprofit, grassroots organization dedicated to upholding the core values of American democracy.

NC Candidate Guide

There are a variety of laws which could be important when considering elections in the State of North Carolina. Below is a short list where a researcher can begin.

North Carolina State Code North Carolina General Assembly has made the General Statutes available to the public, Here are a few of the state statutes which regulate voting and elections.

NCSBE - The North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) is the state agency charged with the administration of the elections process and campaign finance disclosure and compliance. Below is a list of topics which might be useful.

North Carolina Secretary of State This agency's mission is to support economic growth, promote the public trust and fulfill statutory mandates by providing initial infrastructure for corporate organizations and transactions, protecting citizens and businesses from misrepresentation and fraud by providing public access to accurate and timely information, through law enforcement and through the issuance of professional credentials. The department fosters a well informed citizenry, business community and government, by promoting a responsive, transparent, competitive, and ethical business climate.

North Carolina Legislative Library The Library staff offers limited research help for the general public by phone, by email, or in person. In general, the NC Legislative Library can help you locate sources of information.

North Carolina General Assembly Redistricting is the process of defining the districts from which public officials are elected. Members of the United States House of Representatives, the North Carolina Senate and the North Carolina House of Representatives are elected by district. The North Carolina General Assembly establishes these districts following the return of each decennial census. Legal challenges may impact whether or not the enacted plans are used in elections, and may require additional action by the General Assembly.

Redistricting

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Voting Redistricting

Redistricting and Gerrymandering in North Carolina by J. Michael Bitzer
Call Number: JK1343.N8 B58 2021

ISBN: 9783030807467

Publication Date: 2021-09-15

James E. Shepard Memorial Library
This book gives a historical and contemporary overview of the redistricting process, using North Carolina for the different political, electoral, and legal issues and debates over the practice of drawing legislative district boundaries. Redistricting has been characterized as "the most political activity in America," and North Carolina has often been at the heart of recent controversies over this particular activity. In fact, the Tar Heel state was once described as "long notorious for (its) outrageous reapportionment." Through legislative construction to significant legal challenges, the Tar Heel state has been a noted case study for the past thirty years. From the contentious issues of redistricting principles to the matters of gerrymandering, based on race and politics, North Carolina's past three decades have seen major U.S. Supreme Court cases deal with redistricting controversies. By exploring this state's dealings with gerrymandering and redistricting, readers will have a better sense of the dynamics facing the nation as it confronts the 2020 Census and the subsequent redistricting efforts in 2021.
America Votes! by Benjamin E. Griffith; American Bar Association, Section of State and Local Government Law Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: KF4886.A86 2012

ISBN: 9781614385264

Publication Date: 2013-12-07

NCCU Law Library
Updated and expanded to include the most current issues in this area, America Votes Second Edition provides key information and important perspectives on election law questions which the courts are currently addressing or about to address. The chapters run the gamut from nuts-and-bolts questions about running elections (what safeguards should jurisdictions put in place to make sure that the vote totals generated by vote-counting machines are accurate?) to larger questions about the best methods for democratic governance (should states be allowed to band together and appoint presidential electors in line with the winner of the national popular vote?). Even questions such as how a third party or independent candidate should be able to gain access to the ballot raise important technical and philosophical questions. Many chapters in this book discuss both the requirements for compliance with the Voting Rights Act (including its protections for racial, ethnic and language minorities) as well as the wisdom and logic of those provisions. The Act raises complex issues of both statistical nuance and democratic theory. A timely resource for lawyers, professors, election officials, and state and local government election administrators and poll workers, America Votes Second Edition provides a snapshot of key election and voting rights issues from the perspective of practitioners highly experienced in a wide variety of areas including redistricting, Voting Rights Act, registration, ballot access, reform measures, and much more.

Voter Registration: click here to find a general overview of voter registration in North Carolina. You can register to vote at your local DMV or you can submit a Voter Registration Application by mail.

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Election Law: North Carolina