North Carolinians want more charter schools, according to a poll commissioned by a charter-school booster organization.

The North Carolina Alliance for Public Charter Schools, a Durham-based non-profit, reported results of a survey that found 65 percent of voters want the state to allow more than 100 charter schools. Support for charters cuts across racial and party lines, the group reported.

The poll questioned 600 North Carolina voters, Lynn Bonner reports.

Charters receive public money but do not have to adhere to many state and local regulations that govern district schools.

Republicans have pushed for years for lifting the charter limit. This year, a proposal that would allow 106 public charters passed the House and is pending in the Senate.

The alliance, which got up and running earlier this month, offers technical assistance to charter schools and advocates for more.