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A change in N.C. law in 2017 ensures that a primary election candidate can win with just over 30% of the vote.
Published: Thursday, May 26th, 2022 @ 8:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Beaufort County Commissioners, on December 4, 2017, elected a chairman of the board, and then discussed the public's election of themselves.
Published: Wednesday, January 12th, 2022 @ 2:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Under an order from the N.C. Supreme Court, a three-judge panel has struck down part of a 2017 state law creating a bipartisan board overseeing state elections and ethics enforcement
Published: Monday, March 12th, 2018 @ 1:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate Republicans sent strong signals with Thursday's passage of the Electoral Freedom Act of 2017 that they may still scrap judicial elections in exchange for some form of merit selection for judges
Published: Wednesday, October 11th, 2017 @ 6:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislative lawyers told a three-judge federal panel handling a redistricting lawsuit a special General Assembly election this year would affect nearly two-thirds of the districts in the state, cost $20 million, and force lawmakers to violate several other constitutional provisions
Published: Wednesday, July 12th, 2017 @ 2:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Candidate filing for local elections across North Carolina begins at noon Friday (July 7) and runs through noon Friday, July 21
Published: Thursday, July 6th, 2017 @ 4:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's ruling striking down 28 North Carolina legislative districts as cases of unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. But the high court has rejected the idea of holding special legislative elections this year
Published: Wednesday, June 7th, 2017 @ 2:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The U.S. Supreme Court put a temporary halt to a three-judge panel's order to hold special legislative elections later this year, and the top election official in the N.C. House thinks the justices eventually will toss out the off-year election plan
Published: Thursday, January 12th, 2017 @ 8:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked a lower court's order requiring the General Assembly to redraw legislative districts by March 15 and holding special legislative elections this year
Published: Thursday, January 12th, 2017 @ 5:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Low voter turnout is one of several challenges resulting from a court order setting a deadline to redraw legislative districts and establish special legislative elections next year
Published: Wednesday, January 4th, 2017 @ 9:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State elections board Executive Director Kim Strach, at the request of a federal court panel ruling on the North Carolina's legislative districts, filed a 16-page report detailing the administrative processes and costs to implement a special legislative election in 2017
Published: Monday, December 5th, 2016 @ 3:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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