What would happen if, just before the tip-off to a basketball game, the referees announced that they were awarding one of the teams a 15-point lead at the beginning of the game?
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2024 @ 6:14 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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I’ve put off writing about the 2024 elections as long as I can, but with the “Super Tuesday” Primary election in 14 states a month away, we need to check in.
Published: Thursday, March 21st, 2024 @ 12:15 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The new redistricted congressional and legislative maps passed by our legislature are not surprising to those who have followed this hyper partisan General Assembly.
Published: Thursday, November 16th, 2023 @ 1:50 am
By: Tom Campbell
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“We have a responsibility to our party, our members, and donors to ensure that our energy, efforts, and financial resources are being used to support the candidates with the best chance of winning,” said David Merrill.
Published: Sunday, November 5th, 2023 @ 12:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A five-year-old lawsuit challenging North Carolina's voter ID and tax cap state constitutional amendments will head to a three-judge panel.
Published: Friday, November 3rd, 2023 @ 12:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Those who follow our legislature know that each session usually has one or two initiatives for which it becomes known.
Published: Monday, September 18th, 2023 @ 7:59 am
By: Tom Campbell
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A reader asked why I am so insistent that the General Assembly is making the greatest power grab since Reconstruction.
Published: Sunday, June 11th, 2023 @ 6:34 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Sometimes simple explanations aren’t enough. That’s certainly the case with a North Carolina lawsuit the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider.
Published: Friday, October 7th, 2022 @ 7:15 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled Friday that a constitutional amendment implementing voter ID requirements may be invalid because the legislature that passed it was racially gerrymandered.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 @ 9:29 pm
By: Daily Wire
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With a 4-3 party-line vote, Democrats on the N.C. Supreme Court agreed that two voter-approved state constitutional amendments could be thrown out. They have sent the case back to a trial judge to make that decision.
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022 @ 1:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Obama judge was to draw own racially gerrymandered districts tomorrow
Published: Tuesday, June 28th, 2022 @ 5:48 pm
By: John Steed
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Sure as Christmas falls on December 25th you can count on a legion of political candidates taking to the airwaves declaring they feel compelled to serve the public, pledging to listen to and follow the will of the people.
Published: Thursday, April 21st, 2022 @ 11:53 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The term “Gerrymandering” refers to the act of manipulating the boundaries of voting districts to achieve some political advantage.
Published: Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 @ 1:22 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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failed to strike down NC court gerrymander because too close to election
Published: Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022 @ 9:38 pm
By: John Steed
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Earls’ campaign statements go right up to the edge of requiring recusal
Published: Wednesday, February 16th, 2022 @ 1:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper issued the following statement:
Published: Saturday, February 5th, 2022 @ 12:19 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The Democrat-dominated Buncombe County Board of Commissioners wants to join the legal fight against North Carolina’s new election maps.
Published: Monday, January 24th, 2022 @ 3:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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While you and I were busy living our lives, doing our work, enjoying family and friends and also fighting COVID, North Carolina was changing. Not so fast that most of us could tell, but definitive and measurable change just the same.
Published: Thursday, October 14th, 2021 @ 2:17 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The 2020 election is over. Thankfully and finally.
Published: Monday, December 7th, 2020 @ 7:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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With fresh census data forcing N.C. lawmakers to draw new congressional and legislative election maps next year, we’re bound to hear calls once again for redistricting reform.
Published: Tuesday, November 17th, 2020 @ 2:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the State Board of Elections’ attempt to rewrite N.C. elections law.
Published: Tuesday, October 6th, 2020 @ 9:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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We’re taught at an early age that the people maintain ultimate authority over government in our state and nation.
Published: Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020 @ 1:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In a split 2-1 ruling, the N.C. Court of Appeals has reinstated voter-approved state constitutional amendments to require voter ID and to cap the state’s income tax rate.
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2020 @ 3:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Barring a successful and rapid appeal, North Carolina’s voter ID requirement for the March 2020 primary looks dead.
Published: Thursday, January 2nd, 2020 @ 12:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Here at three takeaways from the 2019-20 session of General Assembly, which ended in November and will resume Jan. 14.
Published: Tuesday, December 17th, 2019 @ 10:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Following the Common Cause v. Lewis decision last month ordering the General Assembly to redraw legislative districts, I noted that the left may find results of their victory underwhelming.
Published: Wednesday, October 30th, 2019 @ 12:00 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Roy Cooper shared the following comment after today’s Supreme Court ruling on North Carolina’s gerrymandered districts:
Published: Friday, June 28th, 2019 @ 7:28 am
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina voters have tried for a long time now to enact a common-sense voter identification law.
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2019 @ 10:36 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Gov. Roy Cooper's second State of the State address included plenty of proposals liberals and Democrats cheered
Published: Saturday, March 2nd, 2019 @ 9:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawmakers return to Raleigh next week for the 2019 session of the North Carolina General Assembly.
Published: Monday, January 28th, 2019 @ 11:50 am
By: Tom Campbell
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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 results of this month's legislative elections haven't been certified
Published: Wednesday, November 14th, 2018 @ 5:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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