📚 Summer school. Tim Moore holds 3 of seven stars — but fails a critical Article (Open Books & Free & Fair Elections). Assignment: summer school for Civics, watch every Schoolhouse Rock episode five times, and submit a one-page report — due before the end of the year. Report to summer school →
“…the property of the people.” — Cicero, De Re Publica
28.3% of receipts from PACs — over the 15% cap; fails the money floor. (FEC 2026)
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2Free & Fair Electionscritical
42%☆ not yet
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
As NC House Speaker he championed partisan gerrymanders, urged SCOTUS to uphold them, and called NC's approach a national 'model.'. Backing a partisan gerrymander fails Free & Fair Elections.
60
3The Dignity of the Opponent
60%★ earned
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
Long-serving NC House Speaker with a sharply partisan style; no explicit dehumanizing rhetoric documented but limited comity.
60
4Fear Is Not Fuel
58%☆ not yet
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
Standard conservative messaging; no outsized threat or grievance framing prominently documented.
60
5Truth & a Kept Word
62%★ earned
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
No major fact-check scandal documented, though his defense of gerrymandered maps drew sustained criticism.
60
6Against the Spirit of Party
35%☆ not yet
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
As a top NC Republican leader for years he functioned as a party architect, not an independent voice.
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7Morality
62%★ earned
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
A 2023 civil suit alleged he encouraged an extramarital affair; Moore called it baseless and it was resolved that month.
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Scores are Independent 2026’s own editorial read against the Seven Articles — ≥60% earns the star. The first two Articles are critical: fail Open Books or Free & Fair Elections and there is no seal, whatever else holds. Each Article carries its founding quote as the yardstick. On bias →