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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No self-respecting columnist passes up the obligatory prediction column the first week of the year. So here goes mine
Published: Sunday, January 6th, 2019 @ 11:29 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Senator Thom Tillis is urging residents of North Carolina's 9th Congressional District to contact his office if they need any assistance with a federal department or agency
Published: Thursday, January 3rd, 2019 @ 7:11 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Carolina Journal will post the most recent developments in the continuing dispute over the outcome of the 2018 race for North Carolina's 9th U.S. Congressional District between Republican Rev. Mark Harris, Democrat Dan McCready, and Libertarian Jeff Scott
Published: Thursday, January 3rd, 2019 @ 2:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The current state Board of Elections will not be named because the chair of the state Republican Party has refused to put forward nominees to the state Board of Elections, obstructing action on the ongoing investigation into election irregularities in the 9th Congressional District
Published: Thursday, January 3rd, 2019 @ 2:36 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The State Board of Elections continues its investigation into irregularities affecting absentee voting in the 9th Congressional District
Published: Thursday, January 3rd, 2019 @ 2:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Robin Hayes has released the following statement
Published: Thursday, January 3rd, 2019 @ 12:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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Once again lawmakers would require a primary if the state elections board calls for a new election in the 9th Congressional District after they scrapped the provision yesterday during a committee meeting
Published: Monday, December 17th, 2018 @ 2:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican lawmakers unveiled a new bill at a Tuesday, Dec. 11 news conference which would return the Bipartisan Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement to two separate boards after years of court battles over the merger
Published: Friday, December 14th, 2018 @ 12:12 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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The Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement has begun disclosing evidentiary materials related to its investigation of election fraud in the 9th Congressional District election
Published: Sunday, December 9th, 2018 @ 7:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin named a three-judge Superior Court panel to hear the Common Cause v. David Lewis redistricting challenge.
Published: Sunday, December 9th, 2018 @ 6:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The prospect Democrats will get their wish for a new election in the 9th Congressional District could be getting stronger
Published: Sunday, December 9th, 2018 @ 1:02 am
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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Back in 1897, an eight-year-old girl, prompted by naysaying friends, wrote The New York Sun wanting the truth about the existence of Santa Claus. Today that letter might be answered by apparent congressman-elect Mark Harris, confirming not only Santa's existence...
Published: Thursday, December 6th, 2018 @ 8:39 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement should get a little more time to reorganize as it deals with challenges to the outcome in North Carolina's 9th U.S. Congressional District race
Published: Wednesday, December 5th, 2018 @ 8:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Joshua Malcolm, chairman of the State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement, issued a letter this week directing agency staff to review and post materials associated with the investigation into election processes in certain counties within the 9th Congressional District
Published: Wednesday, December 5th, 2018 @ 8:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In a bipartisan decision Friday, the State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement decided to hold a public evidentiary hearing into claims of irregularities and fraudulent activities related to absentee by-mail voting and potentially other matters in the 9th Congressional District contest
Published: Sunday, December 2nd, 2018 @ 2:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A three-judge Superior Court panel agreed with the NAACP and other plaintiffs that the General Assembly violated the state constitution's prohibition on changing legislative district boundaries in the middle of a decade
Published: Thursday, November 8th, 2018 @ 11:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican incumbent Rep. George Holding has garnered a significant lead against his opponents in the N.C. 2nd Congressional District race, according to the latest poll from the Civitas Institute
Published: Thursday, November 1st, 2018 @ 11:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The race between Republican Mark Harris and Democrat Dan McCready for the 9th U.S. Congressional District is one to watch
Published: Thursday, October 11th, 2018 @ 12:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Civitas Institute has released a new poll showing incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. George Holding and Democratic challenger Linda Coleman neck-in-neck in a race for North Carolina’s 2nd Congressional District seat
Published: Wednesday, September 12th, 2018 @ 9:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The continuing court fights over constitutional amendments, congressional districts, and other election issues have placed North Carolina in national headlines
Published: Tuesday, September 4th, 2018 @ 6:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Third Congressional District Republican Executive Committee has unanimously asked Senator Thom Tillis to oppose amnesty for a group of illegal aliens, and specifically to oppose an amnesty bill that Tillis himself co-sponsored.
Published: Tuesday, December 5th, 2017 @ 10:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Democrat party began creeping to complete dysfunction before the lame Occupy Wall Street movement, the Socialism and Barack Hussein Obama, but, now, the Democrat party has ruptured into a full blown hemorrhage of loyal voters, flowing out and away.
Published: Sunday, July 2nd, 2017 @ 8:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed a lower-court ruling throwing out congressional district maps North Carolina used for the 2012 and 2014 elections
Published: Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017 @ 5:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Cooper shared the following statement on today's Supreme Court decision regarding North Carolina's Congressional district maps
Published: Monday, May 22nd, 2017 @ 10:45 pm
By: Governor's Office
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This morning the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that North Carolina's 2011 congressional district maps were illegal. NCGOP Chairman Robin Hayes responded below
Published: Monday, May 22nd, 2017 @ 8:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Legislative redistricting reform proponents on the Left have become more vocal since Republicans took control of the legislature in 2010
Published: Thursday, April 13th, 2017 @ 9:04 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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One snake making headlines recently in North Carolina is the infamous 12th Congressional District, which winds its way from Greensboro to Charlotte, traveling a path that looks remarkably similar to Interstate 85
Published: Thursday, November 3rd, 2016 @ 5:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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