Watch out!! Here comes the UN. After "observing" our election, perhaps they will be able to report how many folks were deprived of their right to vote for lack of a photo ID.
Published: Sunday, December 2nd, 2012 @ 10:45 am
By: Jim Bispo
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A postelection briefing by the N.C. FreeEnterprise Foundation spelled out the magnitude of the dramatic gains made by Republicans in the Nov. 6 election.
Published: Monday, November 12th, 2012 @ 7:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Please join us tonight for what may be the most important election of our collective lifetimes.
Published: Wednesday, November 7th, 2012 @ 12:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Did you encounter a problem in registering or voting? Or did you observe someone else having such a problem?
Published: Tuesday, November 6th, 2012 @ 11:07 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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When a curious woman approached Benjamin Franklin as he was leaving the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in September 1787 and asked him what kind of government the delegates had given the people, he replied: "...A Republic, Ma'am, if you can keep it."
Published: Tuesday, November 6th, 2012 @ 10:05 am
By: Diane Rufino
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While there will be a handful of European officials in North Carolina observing tomorrow's elections, a state elections official says their role will be to observe and learn about American elections.
Published: Monday, November 5th, 2012 @ 12:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Overall, it's looking like a pretty depressing election day for the Democrat Party in-state and nationwide.
Published: Sunday, November 4th, 2012 @ 10:18 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I don't think there is anybody -- outside of Walter Dalton's immediate family -- who hasn't conceded that we will be spending the next four years talking about GOVERNOR McCrory.
Published: Sunday, November 4th, 2012 @ 3:31 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The Council of State races tend to get overlooked by the media in favor of the more glamorous presidential and gubernatorial campaigns.
Published: Friday, November 2nd, 2012 @ 7:03 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Some folks will accuse us of being blind followers of the GOP this election season. I am hoping this particular installment of our endorsement series will put that to rest.
Published: Friday, November 2nd, 2012 @ 1:27 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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This poll of 600 likely general election voters in North Carolina was conducted October 18-20, 2010 by Tel Opinion Research of Alexandria, Virginia. All respondents were part of a fully representative sample of registered voters in North Carolina.
Published: Friday, November 2nd, 2012 @ 12:17 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Opening an email sent by the Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce I saw something that caught my eye. The subject was "League of Women Voters to Provide Voter Education Training."
Published: Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012 @ 10:34 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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This general election has been heralded as the most important election in 30 years. I surmise that this is the most important election in exactly 32 years.
Published: Thursday, October 18th, 2012 @ 7:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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While there's no statewide referendum for North Carolina voters to decide during the Nov. 6 general election, citizens across the state will have the task of deciding 27 separate local ballot issues.
Published: Saturday, October 13th, 2012 @ 5:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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During this political silly season, politicians want to drag us into issues that most of us do not understand or are not related to the big picture.
Published: Thursday, August 30th, 2012 @ 3:04 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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This poll of 600 registered 2012 general election voters in North Carolina was conducted July 16-18, 2012 by National Research, Inc. of Holmdel, NJ.
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 @ 11:36 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Conservatives can win - but only if they understand that winning the debate means understanding that the real clash "is a moral fight, not an economic disagreement."
Published: Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 @ 3:01 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina could see a cluster of runoff elections this summer due to the high number of candidates seeking their party's nomination for state and federal offices.
Published: Monday, March 12th, 2012 @ 12:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Candidate filing for the May primary closed at noon Wednesday with 40 percent of legislative districts -- 68 seats out of 170 in the N.C. General Assembly -- lacking either a Republican or Democratic challenger.
Published: Friday, March 2nd, 2012 @ 10:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Beaufort County politics: the democratic process, just took a remarkable turn as we come to the end of filing for the 2012 election.
Published: Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 @ 11:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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With one more Democrat, Lloyd Ballance from the Belhaven area, filing for Beaufort County Commissioner, there will be a primary for the Democrats.
Published: Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 @ 4:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This election season is bringing to the fore many non politicians, who are now becoming politicians as they file for elected office.
Published: Saturday, February 25th, 2012 @ 4:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I know we keep publishing this spreadsheet, but it just keeps changing oh so very fast, and ...
Published: Friday, February 24th, 2012 @ 2:10 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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What have a Republican primary for county commissioner. Now we need a Democrat primary for county commissioner.
Published: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 @ 8:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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What we need is a primary. We also need just a few more candidates, but there is time yet.
Published: Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 @ 12:12 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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