Voting Rights

North Carolina's constitution still includes outdated language from a literacy test used to disenfranchise Black voters. Rep. Terry Brown, D-Mecklenburg, is leading a bipartisan group of lawmakers calling for a constitutional amendment.

The bill has raised concerns among voting rights advocates and Democrats in the GOP-controlled state legislature. Among the changes the bill would make, voted ballots and something called cast vote records, or CVRs, would be accessible by public records requests.

Sweeping changes to North Carolina elections law have been approved in a party-line vote in the state Senate. The legislation now heads to the House.

A Senate committee debated GOP measures that would alter rules governing North Carolina elections.

Democrats addressed reporters on Monday to assail a Republican-backed bill that could reshape elections in North Carolina.

Top Republicans in the state Senate have filed major changes to the state’s election laws.

Republican lawmakers said they are considering ideas about altering such state election laws as same-day registration and absentee-by-mail voting. No measure is imminent.

The Republican-majority Supreme Court in North Carolina heard arguments Thursday over restoring voting rights for those convicted of felonies.

North Carolina’s newly seated Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday on whether people convicted of felonies — tens of thousands statewide — should be permitted to vote if they aren’t in prison but still are serving probation or parole or have yet to pay fines.

North Carolina has six statewide judicial races on the ballot this year, including two seats on the state Supreme Court.