On March 26, State Board of Elections (SBE) Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell sent the General Assembly a memo listing a host of changes she would like to see made to North Carolina election law.
Published: Friday, May 1st, 2020 @ 9:40 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Mark Hemingway explains at Real Clear Politics why we should be wary of pleas for more mail-in election ballots.
Published: Wednesday, April 29th, 2020 @ 8:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As long as coronavirus casts its pall over society–who knows how long that will be–the call for national voting by mail will no doubt increase.
Published: Monday, April 20th, 2020 @ 3:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A list of COVID-19 recommendations from the State Board of Elections is apt to hit a nerve with legislative Republicans.
Published: Wednesday, April 15th, 2020 @ 4:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Does Cunningham Support Pelosi's Radical Liberal Wish List?
Published: Wednesday, March 25th, 2020 @ 3:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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While there is certainly more to democracy than elections, elections are the focal point of a democracy.
Published: Saturday, March 21st, 2020 @ 6:56 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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It looks like Sanders could clinch the Democratic nod next Tuesday.
Published: Friday, February 28th, 2020 @ 1:01 pm
By: LifeZette
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One-stop (absentee in-person) voting starts today in North Carolina, which means that we will have our first records of one-stop voting on Vote Tracker tomorrow for your viewing and analytic pleasure.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2020 @ 8:45 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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U.S. Rep Mark Meadows, an 11th District Republican, has held his seat since 2011, and he chaired the conservative House Freedom Caucus.
Published: Tuesday, December 24th, 2019 @ 8:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The NC State Board of Elections released a report detailing 570 cases of suspected election fraud that the board has referred to prosecutors
Published: Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 @ 7:40 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The vicious drive against Trump today is a raw power grab by the Left that could have long-lasting consequences
Published: Friday, December 6th, 2019 @ 3:18 pm
By: LifeZette
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After 1,717 bills, nine vetoes and 186 new laws with the prospect of even more over the next few days, the legislature finally adjourned and ended one of the longest legislative sessions in recent history.
Published: Monday, November 18th, 2019 @ 8:11 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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CEO of Charisma Media and author of the best-seller 'God and Donald Trump' explains how this could happen — and why Christians must get to the polls next November
Published: Tuesday, November 12th, 2019 @ 6:54 pm
By: LifeZette
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The General Assembly passed a bill yesterday that will help combat absentee ballot fraud, but it is not a fool-proof solution to the problem and election officials will need to be diligent as ballot harvesters adjust their methods in response.
Published: Thursday, October 31st, 2019 @ 11:45 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Republicans held serve. Let the 2020 election campaign begin.
Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2019 @ 2:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The top official at the State Board of Elections wants tougher punishment for election crimes, suggesting special prosecutors should be appointed if district attorneys or federal authorities refuse to investigate wrongdoing.
Published: Saturday, March 23rd, 2019 @ 1:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I have a few thoughts in the aftermath of the North Carolina State Board of Election's hearing on the 9th District congressional race and its decision to call for a new election there.
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2019 @ 8:16 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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McCrae Dowless, the main person of interest in an alleged ballot harvesting ring that helped Republican Rev. Mark Harris defeat Democrat Dan McCready in November, appeared under subpoena at a State Board of Elections evidentiary hearing Monday but refused to testify.
Published: Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 @ 2:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina now has its second voter identification law. A federal court voided the first because it would not consider forms of ID disproportionately used by minorities, such as cards or documents given to government employees, students, and people on public assistance.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2019 @ 11:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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This morning, the North Carolina Republican Party held a press conference laying out the problems with the Ninth Congressional District investigation in specific detail.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 12:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Republican Rep.-elect Mark Harris says he expects a state court will certify him the winner of the disputed 9th U.S. Congressional District election.
Published: Saturday, January 19th, 2019 @ 3:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican Rep-elect Mark Harris will get his day in court. Thursday, Jan. 3, he filed a petition in Wake County Superior Court seeking to declare him the victor in the 9th U.S. Congressional District election
Published: Sunday, January 6th, 2019 @ 6:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The campaign of the Rev. Mark Harris, Republican nominee for the 9th U.S. Congressional District, Thursday will ask Wake County Superior Court to certify his victory in the 2018 election
Published: Sunday, January 6th, 2019 @ 5:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement announced Friday it plans to hold an evidentiary hearing Jan. 11, 2019, on alleged ballot irregularities in the race for an open seat in 9th Congressional District
Published: Monday, December 24th, 2018 @ 8:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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An attorney who represented the Bladen County Improvement Association during a 2016 investigation into potential absentee ballot voting misbehavior says the organization was cleared of any wrongdoing
Published: Monday, December 24th, 2018 @ 7:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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While the term "whataboutism" may be relatively new - coined within the last few decades, and newly prominent in the age of Donald Trump - the logical fallacy it denotes is as ancient as politics itself
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2018 @ 11:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A "systematic failure of the election process" may warrant a new election in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District, N.C. Republican Party Chairman Robin Hayes says
Published: Thursday, December 13th, 2018 @ 12:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Leslie McRae Dowless, the political operative at the heart of potential absentee mail-in ballot misconduct in Bladen County, is a person of interest in the 9th Congressional District investigation, the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement has confirmed
Published: Wednesday, December 12th, 2018 @ 12:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Joshua Malcolm, chairman of the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement, Monday asked a panel of Superior Court judges to keep the board in place until it completes an investigation of alleged irregularities in the 9th U.S. Congressional District race
Published: Wednesday, December 12th, 2018 @ 12:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Election irregularities have been an open secret in Bladen County for most of this decade
Published: Saturday, December 8th, 2018 @ 8:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today the North Carolina State Board of Elections voted unanimously to refer what appears to be a serious case of voter fraud through unlawful absentee ballot harvesting to Federal Prosecutors, specifically the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District
Published: Monday, December 5th, 2016 @ 3:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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"Today the North Carolina State Board of Elections voted unanimously to refer what appears to be a serious case of voter fraud through unlawful absentee ballot harvesting to Federal Prosecutors, specifically the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District.
Published: Sunday, December 4th, 2016 @ 11:06 am
By: Russell Allen
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Following almost a month of Durham County refusing to allow the public to view the absentee ballot envelopes, which are by law public record, the Durham County Board of Elections finally informed the NCGOP legal counsel on Wednesday that they would be willing to cooperate.
Published: Friday, December 2nd, 2016 @ 6:32 pm
By: Russell Allen
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Today the North Carolina Republican Party called on the Durham County Board of Elections and all other local boards of election to follow well established public records laws and allow citizens to fully inspect Absentee Ballot Return Envelopes
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 @ 2:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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