It may or may not be apocryphal, but there is an infamous World War II era quote attributed to Russian dictator Josef Stalin in which he responded to the suggestion that the leader of the Catholic church might be able to use his moral influence to help resolve a portion of the conflict. “The Pope?” […]
A staff member in the North Carolina auditor’s office used mentions of the wishes of his boss and the state Republican Party in an attempt to sway decisions on at least two counties’ early voting plans. Hundreds of pages produced as a result of public records requests reveal the extent to which Dallas Woodhouse, a […]
Sunday voting is declining in North Carolina, with counties that had some Sunday hours during early voting for the 2022 midterm elections deciding to eliminate them this year. The state Board of Elections approved early voting plans for 80 counties where local boards voted unanimously on days and hours. Of those, about a dozen had […]
Last fall, Republicans on at least two county boards of elections in North Carolina received instructions on how to fire their executive directors. Instead of getting advice from the state elections director or legal staff at the state office that generally serves as a resource for county boards, they received the information from Dallas Woodhouse, […]
Former Elections Liaison Dallas Woodhouse recently argued that North Carolinians should judge our election system “by facts rather than assumptions.” On that point, we agree. Public confidence in our elections should rest on evidence, not rhetoric. But that principle carries an important obligation: if Woodhouse and the Auditor’s Office ask the public to judge their […]
A left-leaning nonprofit says North Carolina Auditor Dave Boliek’s office is failing to comply with the state’s public records laws in the wake of the resignation of its controversial former employee. After the nonprofit organization, American Oversight, filed public records requests with the state Auditor’s office for communications to and from then-elections liaison Dallas Woodhouse, […]
North Carolina Auditor Dave Boliek may not have wanted to hog the headlines in a year when he isn’t on the ballot. But thanks to his recent actions to weaponize GOP majorities on elections boards to push anti-democratic rules and early voting changes, Boliek is making quite a name for himself ahead of the midterms. When he […]
