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A change in N.C. law in 2017 ensures that a primary election candidate can win with just over 30% of the vote.
Published: Thursday, May 26th, 2022 @ 8:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The headliner primary is a competitive GOP race for state Supreme Court between Trey Allen, Victoria Prince, and April Wood.
Published: Wednesday, May 18th, 2022 @ 9:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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2019 was only four days old when we got the announcement the U.S. Supreme Court was going to hear arguments on North Carolina's redistricting lawsuit in March. Once again, our state will be in the political spotlight.
Published: Wednesday, January 16th, 2019 @ 3:31 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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When the courts rule against laws our legislature has passed, which they often do, it never seems to enter lawmakers' minds that those rulings are because of their own wrongheaded notions
Published: Sunday, August 19th, 2018 @ 3:16 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The Republican-led General Assembly wasted no time Saturday, Aug. 4, batting down a pair of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes dealing with constitutional amendments
Published: Tuesday, August 14th, 2018 @ 10:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A two-sentence order from a federal judge means North Carolina will not reinstate primary elections for 2018 judicial races. The order arrives less than a day after candidates started filing for judicial offices across the state
Published: Friday, June 29th, 2018 @ 1:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The candidate filing period for judicial seats in the 2018 general election begins at noon Monday (June 18) and ends at noon June 29
Published: Friday, June 15th, 2018 @ 7:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina will have no judicial primary elections this year, if a 2-1 U.S. Appeals Court ruling stands
Published: Monday, February 12th, 2018 @ 10:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A federal judge ordered North Carolina to reinstate partisan primary elections for state Court of Appeals and Supreme Court races, but left intact the part of a state law eliminating District Court and Superior Court primaries
Published: Sunday, February 4th, 2018 @ 2:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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You don't have to be a meteorologist to understand that the gathering storm clouds are threatening the 2018 elections
Published: Thursday, January 11th, 2018 @ 3:35 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Election expert Michael Crowell isn’t pulling punches on Senate Bill 656
Published: Tuesday, December 26th, 2017 @ 8:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. House voted 72-40 to override Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of a bill that loosens ballot restrictions for third parties and unaffiliated candidates in North Carolina
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2017 @ 12:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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You might expect Libertarians to feel protective of the spot they've won as the only third party on North Carolina's election ballot
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 9:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper responded to the legislature's override of his veto of SB 656
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 @ 12:31 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Senate Republicans sent strong signals with Thursday's passage of the Electoral Freedom Act of 2017 that they may still scrap judicial elections in exchange for some form of merit selection for judges
Published: Wednesday, October 11th, 2017 @ 6:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of the more frequent excuses given for not voting is, "my vote won't really matter."
Published: Monday, June 6th, 2016 @ 7:59 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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