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For nearly a decade now, the composition and ownership of the North Carolina Board of Elections (NCSBE) have been a contested battle between the General Assembly and the Governor.
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2025 @ 9:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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RALEIGH: As legislative Republicans in North Carolina continue their all-out assault on the right to vote, Governor Roy Cooper wrote an opinion piece for CNN condemning these dangerous bills and urging people to make their voices heard.
Published: Monday, October 16th, 2023 @ 6:56 am
By: Governor's Office
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In recent elections, North Carolina has often been referred to as a battleground state. In some ways, that was the case in the late 1780s. On November 21, 1789, North Carolina approved the U.S. Constitution. It was not a quick decision.
Published: Wednesday, December 14th, 2022 @ 8:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) raised nearly $1 million from Texas for her primary re-election battle, including donations from former President George W. Bush and Karl Rove.
Published: Wednesday, August 24th, 2022 @ 1:51 pm
By: Daily Wire
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James Antle of the Washington Examiner looks into one potential side effect of New York’s recent election controversy.
Published: Thursday, August 12th, 2021 @ 11:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Judicial Watch experts were up on Capitol Hill earlier this month explaining the implications of a big 6-3 Supreme Court ruling in the fierce battle for clean elections.
Published: Tuesday, August 10th, 2021 @ 4:40 pm
By: Judicial Watch
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Mr. Smith, a Republican, once served on the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections.
Published: Thursday, November 12th, 2020 @ 4:54 pm
By: Judicial Watch
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The Senate election in South Carolina has turned into a battleground as incumbent Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) fights for re-election against Democrat challenger Jaime Harrison.
Published: Thursday, November 5th, 2020 @ 8:52 am
By: Daily Wire
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With the election coming to a close, the Trump and Biden campaigns, voting rights organizations and conservative groups are raising money and dispatching armies of lawyers for what could become a state-by-state, county-by-county legal battle over which ballots will ultimately be counted.
Published: Thursday, November 5th, 2020 @ 1:45 am
By: Judicial Watch
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North Carolina’s deadline for accepting mail-in absentee ballots in this year’s election finally may be settled at the venue state conservative leaders wanted: the U.S. Supreme Court.
Published: Friday, October 23rd, 2020 @ 8:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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With less than 100 days until Election Day, politics could not be more turbulent.
Published: Sunday, August 2nd, 2020 @ 3:01 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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In the heat of partisan battle, much discussion about North Carolina’s Supreme Court election focuses on the current split between the court’s Republicans and Democrats
Published: Wednesday, October 31st, 2018 @ 4:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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With the nation split down the middle on myriad issues, political parties are operating - or not - in a toxic atmosphere
Published: Wednesday, February 28th, 2018 @ 1:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans in the General Assembly have contended nonpartisan elections mask important candidate information from the voting public
Published: Monday, February 20th, 2017 @ 9:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Libertarian-oriented Millennials will impact future elections, legislative battles will expand between declining rural counties and growing urban areas, and volatility will persist in state elections, a panel of political analysts predicted
Published: Thursday, December 8th, 2016 @ 9:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The heated debates over national politics that played out during the recent election campaign and its aftermath often pale in comparison to the battles that took place throughout the 1800s.
Published: Wednesday, December 17th, 2014 @ 6:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is little more than a month away from the primary elections that will set the stage for another round of high-profile electoral battles in November. As voters prepare to head to the polls, the N.C. FreeEnterprise Foundation is watching the state's most important electoral contests...
Published: Monday, March 31st, 2014 @ 4:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As to why the NAACP and the League of Women Voters have filed separate complaints against the North Carolina Governor and the State Board of Elections due to HB 589 being signed into law on Monday, August 12, 2013, it could be that North Carolina is a political "battle ground" state.
Published: Saturday, August 17th, 2013 @ 2:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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New York Times blogger Nate Silver has been pretty doggone prescient in recent years with his election prognostications. He has an interesting observation regarding the 2014 battle for control of the US Senate
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 5:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The question about how much campaigning local courthouse employees should be doing for their boss' election has arisen in Harnett County as Democrat Register of Deeds Kimberly Hargrove battles to keep her job against Republican challenger Darryl Black.
Published: Friday, November 2nd, 2012 @ 2:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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