Dear interested parties for the Center for N.C. Politics & Public Service,


A few things that you may find of interest:



  • What is the role of mail-in voting in North Carolina, and how do North Carolinians feel about voting by mail?


  • RSVP today for Catawba's Constitution Day Event with former justices of the N.C. Supreme Court!


  • Updates about the NC State Board of Election's Voter Registration Repair Project

MAIL-IN VOTING:

TRUST IN N.C. VS. DOUBT IN D.C.


On Monday morning, President Donald Trump sent out a post attacking mail-in voting and other aspects of election administration, especially concerning the constitutional authority of states to oversee elections, including for federal offices.


North Carolinians have mail-in voting as one of three vote methods that they can cast ballots in elections. Dr. Michael Bitzer explores the recent patterns of mail-in voting by North Carolinians, along with their opinions on that vote method and the issue of safety and integrity of North Carolina elections.


You can find his analysis at the Center's blog:


https://www.oldnorthstatepolitics.com/2025/08/ncians-trust-elections-and-mail-in-voting.html


You can also find this article on the Center's Substack (and you can sign up for notifications when new articles are posted) at:


https://open.substack.com/pub/ncpoliticscenter/p/trump-calls-mail-voting-unsafe-actual

SAVE THE DATE: SEPTEMBER 17, 2025

FOR CATAWBA'S CONSTITUTION DAY EVENT


Catawba College’s Center for North Carolina Politics & Public Service and the Corriher-Linn-Black Library invites you to celebrate U.S. Constitution Day along with the 100th anniversary of the Catawba library’s participation in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP)! 


Join us in the library on Wednesday, September 17 at 7 PM as we hear from former North Carolina Chief Justice Cheri Beasley and former N.C. Associate Justice Bob Orr, along with Catawba's assistant professor of politics Dr. Allyson Yankle, who will discuss the importance of our governing documents and hear what North Carolinians think of the U.S. and the N.C. Constitutions through an exclusive Catawba-YouGov poll.


Preceding the event, a dessert reception celebrating Corriher-Linn-Black library’s 100th anniversary in the FDLP will be held in the Frances Decker Wentz Reading Room at 6 PM where we will display a few of our historical Federal documents.


In-person seating for the event is limited, so please register for the event here. Plans are also underway for live streaming & recording the event.

UPDATES FROM THE N.C. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS:


The North Carolina State Board of Elections will be sending out letters to impacted voters regarding the "Registration Repair Project."


Registered voters will receive a letter from their county board of elections who do not have an N.C. driver’s license/DMV ID number or social security number in the state’s voter registration database.


These numbers are used to verify that registrants are who they claim to be.


Voters who do not have this information in their record may need to cast a provisional ballot and provide this information the next time they vote.


The project began with over 103,000 North Carolinians needing to submit information. As of Tuesday, August 19, that number was down to 82,452, or 20 percent of the initial group.


You can search the Registration Repair Search Tool to see if your NC voter registration information needs updating; the search tool can be found at: https://dl.ncsbe.gov/RegistrationRepair/index.html


You can find more information on this NCSBE project at: https://www.ncsbe.gov/news/press-releases/2025/07/17/state-board-launches-registration-repair-project-ensure-accurate-complete-voter-rolls


In addition, at the NC Politics Center's blog Old North State Politics, contributor Dr. Chris Cooper has analyzed the initial group of RRP voters, as well as tracking who has 'repaired' their voter registration information.


You can find his ongoing analysis at the blog: https://www.oldnorthstatepolitics.com/2025/07/an-analysis-of-registration-recovery.html

You can find the N.C. Politics Center on various social media platforms:



Please join the N.C. Politics Center on your favorite social media platform for more information. Thanks for your interest in the Center for N.C. Politics & Public Service.


Dr. Michael Bitzer

Director, Center for N.C. Politics & Public Service

Leonard Chair of Political Science

Professor of Politics & History

Catawba College

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