Rusty Jacobs
Voting and Election Integrity ReporterRusty Jacobs is WUNC's Voting and Election Integrity Reporter. He previously worked at WUNC as a reporter and substitute host from 2001 until 2007. He returned to WUNC in 2017 after a nine-year absence during which he went to law school at UNC-Chapel Hill and then served as an Assistant District Attorney in Wake County.
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The lawsuit in state court says current Congressional and state legislative maps endanger voters' constitutional right to free and fair elections.
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A judge found that a provision of a recently enacted elections law passed by the GOP-majority North Carolina General Assembly would violate the constitutional rights of voters
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Friday marks the start of early voting for the 2024 primaries in North Carolina with mail-in ballots getting sent to voters who requested them
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A federal district court judge heard arguments in a lawsuit challenging a Republican-drawn map for North Carolina's state senate districts.
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After the end of a public comment period, the state elections board will consider adopting permanent rules for partisan poll observers
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The board is taking public comment on proposed rules for how poll officials will apply the photo ID requirement in NC elections.
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State House Speaker Tim Moore filed to run for the 14th Congressional District seat in 2024. The district is one of four that a federal lawsuit claims was racially gerrymandered by Republican lawmakers.
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A three-judge panel in state court Thursday sided with Cooper and issued a preliminary injunction in his lawsuit to block a Republican-backed law that would strip him of appointment power over state and county elections boards
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A lawsuit filed this week claims a newly drawn state Senate district map violates federal Voting Rights Act protections for Black voters.
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Former North Carolina Congressman Madison Cawthorn faced a candidate challenge similar to cases seeking to block Donald Trump from ballots in 2024.
