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The State Board of Elections wants to pay incoming Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell nearly $30,000 more than her predecessor Kim Strach.
Published: Thursday, May 30th, 2019 @ 6:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The State Board of Elections on Thursday (May 23) certified the results of the 3rd Congressional District primary election, which was held April 30.
Published: Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 @ 8:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The State Board of Elections ousted Executive Director Kim Strach Monday, May 13, on a party line vote, naming Karen Brinson Bell of Charleston, South Carolina, to replace Strach effective June 1.
Published: Thursday, May 16th, 2019 @ 6:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State elections officials referred four-term state Rep. Rodney Moore, D-Mecklenburg, for investigation and possible prosecution, saying there was "clear and convincing evidence" he failed to report more than $141,000 in election campaign receipts and expenditures
Published: Sunday, October 21st, 2018 @ 7:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A last-minute change to Senate Bill 325 - which originally would have lowered state personal and business income taxes - instead became the vehicle to change early voting hours and days
Published: Saturday, July 14th, 2018 @ 12:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senators voted 32-14 after testy debate on Wednesday, June 27, to pass House Bill 913, which creates a Bipartisan Board of Ethics and Elections Enforcement
Published: Friday, July 13th, 2018 @ 12:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It didn't take long into the teleconference to learn that the Chairman of the Board called the emergency meeting because he wanted the board to write a letter to members of the legislature. The board's chair, Andy Penry (Democrat), made a motion for the board's general counsel, Josh Lawson
Published: Wednesday, June 27th, 2018 @ 11:03 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement approved appeals by two Republican primary candidates, reversing decisions by Clay and Mecklenburg county elections boards that had disqualified the candidates from running
Published: Friday, April 6th, 2018 @ 8:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper chose Damon Circosta, executive director of the A.J. Fletcher Foundation - which provides grants for charitable causes and is a major funder of the left-leaning N.C. Justice Center - as the ninth and final member of the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement
Published: Monday, March 26th, 2018 @ 5:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper's refusal to appoint members to the new Bipartisan State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement has shut down 10 county boards of elections, adding confusion to the 2017 electoral process
Published: Sunday, July 16th, 2017 @ 11:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a 3-2 party-line vote, the State Board of Elections on Wednesday ordered a machine recount of more than 90,000 ballots that were reported late on election night
Published: Friday, December 2nd, 2016 @ 10:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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For the second consecutive Sunday, the North Carolina State Board of Elections held an emergency meeting by conference call to take up challenges to the handling of the Nov. 8 election at the county level
Published: Monday, November 28th, 2016 @ 10:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The State Board of Elections voted Tuesday to instruct county elections boards to continue counting ballots to determine winners in as many races as possible
Published: Friday, November 25th, 2016 @ 2:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In an emergency meeting Sunday afternoon, the State Board of Elections voted to meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. to establish legal guidelines for counties to resolve complaints about ballot challenges in the Nov. 8 election
Published: Monday, November 21st, 2016 @ 3:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The State Board of Elections today announced that Patrick Gannon will join the agency on October 5 as its public information officer
Published: Monday, September 26th, 2016 @ 4:10 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Elections officials today began issuing ballots to voters who requested to participate by mail
Published: Tuesday, September 13th, 2016 @ 12:22 am
By: Christopher Maye
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State Board of Elections officials say charges that North Carolina's new voter ID requirement led to long wait times at the polls and unnecessary confusion that harmed voters are off target
Published: Sunday, March 20th, 2016 @ 6:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The State Board of Elections today received word that Democracy North Carolina and other plaintiffs have filed a complaint in federal court claiming violations of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 9:03 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Candidate filing begins today at noon across North Carolina, with the State Board of Elections estimating that roughly 2,500 candidates will file before the deadline at noon December 21.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 11:34 am
By: Chris Downey
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The State Board of Elections today announced that it has hired veteran reporter and anchor Jackie Hyland as the agency's public information officer. Hyland spent more than two decades covering national and local news in New York, Dallas, and Raleigh, most recently at the CBS-affiliate WRAL.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 5:25 am
By: Chris Downey
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Josh Howard is stepping down as chairman of the State Board of Elections, effective January 1, 2016. Howard announced his plans during a meeting Tuesday morning.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 9:43 am
By: Chris Downey
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Nearly 20 members of the General Assembly, including several powerful veteran lawmakers, will not be running for re-election in 2016, and that number could swell as the candidate filing period that opens today at noon moves forward
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 6:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The State Board of Elections today released a new public service announcement regarding voter ID requirements set to begin in 2016. Ads are slated to run on television and radio through the 2016 Election Cycle.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 1:07 am
By: Chris Downey
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September 22 is National Voter Registration Day, and the State Board of Elections is encouraging North Carolina's 6.38 million voters to check their registration status online.
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2015 @ 3:10 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Judge James L. Baker was sworn in today as the third Republican member of the bipartisan State Board of Elections.
Published: Sunday, September 20th, 2015 @ 3:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Lawmakers could be moving all of next year's North Carolina's primaries to March 15.
Published: Friday, September 4th, 2015 @ 12:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Chairman Josh Howard has accepted the resignation of Paul Foley from the State Board of Elections.
Published: Thursday, July 16th, 2015 @ 6:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The State Board of Elections on Wednesday will host the first of nine public hearings on proposed rules for the implementation of voter ID requirements that takes effect in 2016.
Published: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015 @ 4:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The McCrory administration will ask North Carolina voters to approve transportation and infrastructure bonds at a time when citizens in most (but not all) cities will elect mayors and council members. Holding the referendums this November also would ask voters statewide to cast ballots as many...
Published: Thursday, April 23rd, 2015 @ 12:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Sen. Bob Rucho is still hoping North Carolina can have its presidential preference primary just days after South Carolina, giving the state a bigger say in determining the eventual 2016 nominees.
Published: Wednesday, April 8th, 2015 @ 9:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's presidential preference primary would be held March 8, 2016, under House Bill 457, filed by Rep. David Lewis, R-Harnett, in a move intended to prevent the state from losing delegates in the presidential nominating process.
Published: Saturday, April 4th, 2015 @ 12:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state Department of Transportation (DOT) is reportedly charging the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) for merely looking up public records in its files — and that's before providing the records themselves. According to The News & Observer, the SELC has requested to look at DOT...
Published: Thursday, January 22nd, 2015 @ 12:22 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The State Board of Elections today released demographic statistics for the 2014 General Election.
Published: Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014 @ 12:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Recounts are underway in fourteen contests across North Carolina after the deadline to request a recount closed Tuesday evening.
Published: Wednesday, November 19th, 2014 @ 12:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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