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Understanding how parties work is important for making informed decisions regarding elected officials.
Published: Friday, May 1st, 2026 @ 2:53 pm
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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Most problems created by state board, but some local boards also problematic
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2024 @ 11:59 am
By: John Steed
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came from last minute submissions by leftwing activist groups
Published: Tuesday, October 15th, 2024 @ 6:48 pm
By: John Steed
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The General Assembly overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 747, “An Act to Make Various Changes Regarding Election Law,” on October 10. The party-line votes were 30-19 in the Senate and 72-44 in the House.
Published: Friday, February 9th, 2024 @ 6:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill Thursday that restructures the North Carolina State Board of Elections by splitting the appointments between the majority and minority legislative leaders.
Published: Sunday, January 14th, 2024 @ 4:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina General Assembly sent Gov. Roy Cooper a bill on Friday that restructures the North Carolina State Board of Elections by splitting the appointments between the majority and minority legislative leaders.
Published: Wednesday, January 10th, 2024 @ 12:33 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Even if good policy, not every reform belongs in a budget bill.
Published: Saturday, December 9th, 2023 @ 1:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina’s election reform bill, Senate Bill 747, would require the state and county boards of elections to provide more information on elections and increase the frequency of list maintenance
Published: Friday, November 17th, 2023 @ 11:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolinians Mark Meadows and Sidney Powell are among the 18 people indicted with former President Donald Trump by the state of Georgia for alleged crimes during the state’s 2020 elections.
Published: Wednesday, November 15th, 2023 @ 12:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Two democratically aligned advocacy organizations recently sent a letter to the election boards in ten states, including North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, November 12th, 2023 @ 8:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A federal court struck down part of a similar Georgia law.
Published: Saturday, November 11th, 2023 @ 3:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The budget our legislature has passed is the cherry on top of the upside-down power grab cake our lawmakers have been baking since January.
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 @ 12:11 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Our legislature continues to dance to the tunes played by ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Published: Tuesday, September 26th, 2023 @ 10:16 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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A pair of election integrity bills passed Thursday in the North Carolina Senate. S.B. 747, Election Law Changes, and S.B. 749, No Partisan Advantage in Elections, both passed with a vote of 28-19.
Published: Friday, August 18th, 2023 @ 1:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, the Senate Rules Committee passed two bills—Senate Bills 747 and 749—that would significantly impact elections in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 @ 6:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lord Acton famously observed that “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely”
Published: Monday, August 7th, 2023 @ 10:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The proposed changes to mail-in voting would have minimal impact — in 2022, 99.8% of all ballots were in by election day
Published: Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023 @ 12:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Monday, Senate Republicans unveiled a plan to make the North Carolina state and local elections boards bipartisan.
Published: Tuesday, August 1st, 2023 @ 7:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Comments in the North Carolina General Assembly supporting SB 747 (Election Law Changes) and partially supporting SB 749 (No Partisan Advantage in Elections)
Published: Saturday, July 22nd, 2023 @ 4:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Unaffiliated voters challenging the partisan makeup of the N.C. State Board of Elections are challenging Gov. Roy Cooper's latest court filing in the case.
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 5:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Included in the North Carolina Senate budget proposal is repealing the State Board of Elections’ (NCSBE) authorization to join the Electronic Registration Information Center, Inc. (ERIC).
Published: Thursday, June 22nd, 2023 @ 8:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As the State Treasurer nears the end of his political career, Folwell still has some things to say
Published: Monday, June 5th, 2023 @ 8:06 pm
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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A bill in the General Assembly would reduce the maximum number of early voting days in North Carolina from 17 to eight
Published: Tuesday, May 9th, 2023 @ 11:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a defamation case connected to protests of the 2016 gubernatorial election.
Published: Friday, May 5th, 2023 @ 2:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina House Elections Committee passed a bill April 4 that would shore up election rules headed into the 2024 general election.
Published: Monday, May 1st, 2023 @ 4:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A loophole in North Carolina law allows ballots from unverified registrations to be counted
Published: Friday, April 7th, 2023 @ 11:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina joined the ERIC data-sharing program to clean its voter registration rolls
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 9:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. legislative leaders have asked a federal court to dismiss unaffiliated voters' lawsuit challenging the partisan composition of the State Board of Elections.
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2023 @ 12:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Two county board of elections executive directors still maintain ties with the U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence
Published: Monday, February 27th, 2023 @ 12:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate Bill 88, titled the Election Day Integrity Act
Published: Sunday, February 12th, 2023 @ 7:27 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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County boards of elections in North Carolina regularly remove voter registrations of people whom they confirm have died or moved out of the county
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2023 @ 10:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Unaffiliated registrations continue to outpace those of either major party
Published: Sunday, January 15th, 2023 @ 12:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Our president wants to change up the presidential selection process by moving the first primary from Iowa to South Carolina, claiming the Palmetto state is more representative of the rest of the country.
Published: Friday, January 6th, 2023 @ 4:29 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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