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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On Friday, October 21, my colleague Susan Myrick and I published a report on how another North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) employee apparently was advising others to violate state election laws
Published: Thursday, October 27th, 2016 @ 12:34 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The U.S. Supreme Court will take a second look at a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's 2011 redistricting plan, as the state made an emergency appeal to the justices to stay a trial-court order invalidating the 1st and 12th Congressional Districts
Published: Wednesday, February 24th, 2016 @ 7:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The General Assembly on Friday approved a broad array of electoral changes including a separate June 7 congressional primary and new congressional district boundaries before adjourning the two-day special session Gov. Pat McCrory had called.
Published: Monday, February 22nd, 2016 @ 11:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If a three-judge federal court panel does not freeze its order to redraw a new congressional election map by Feb. 19 the result would be voter confusion, inability to protect the integrity of the electoral process, suppressed voter and candidate turnout, and more than $12 million of increased taxpay
Published: Sunday, February 21st, 2016 @ 12:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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FYI Per Kim Strach, Executive Director, State Board of Elections. I have highlighted important elements as far as how this office (Beaufort Count BOE) will proceed with the March 15th Primary until directed to do otherwise .
Published: Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 @ 9:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The State Board of Elections today released a new public service announcement designed to educate voters on the 2016 voter Id requirements.
Published: Monday, February 8th, 2016 @ 2:13 am
By: Chris Downey
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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 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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Two weeks into the hearing over North Carolina’s 2013 election laws, we have reached some conclusions.
Published: Monday, August 3rd, 2015 @ 3:39 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Midterm voter participation in North Carolina set a new record tonight. As of 10:34PM, 2,717,920 voters had cast ballots. In 2010, turnout was 2,700,393.
Published: Wednesday, November 5th, 2014 @ 1:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In the 80s and 90s, Democrats worked really hard to make voting easier for their lazy, shiftless, poorly-educated target market.
Published: Tuesday, October 28th, 2014 @ 8:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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With a quarter-million questionable voter registrations on the books in NC, it's no wonder the state elections board needs more investigators. That's also why sustaining and enforcing the state's recent voter reforms is more urgent than ever.
Published: Monday, May 26th, 2014 @ 3:34 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The North Carolina State Board of Elections reported Wednesday to the Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee on the effects of the state's new voter reforms.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 8:25 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The North Carolina State Bar circumvented the State Board of Elections, may have trampled a Stanly County candidate's constitutional rights, and possibly ran afoul of a prior U.S. Supreme Court ruling when it demanded that Jim Phillips change his campaign signs, critics allege.
Published: Saturday, March 15th, 2014 @ 9:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Recent modifications to North Carolina's election laws - including changes affecting voter identification, same-day registration, early voting, and absentee ballot applications - would have almost no effect on voter turnout, voting experts say.
Published: Thursday, August 29th, 2013 @ 11:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The McClatchy gang has its pantyhose in a wad over revelations that Senator Fletcher Hartsell (R-Cabarrus), unopposed in November, spent $100,000 in campaign funds -- much of which appears to be on personal matters.
Published: Sunday, January 13th, 2013 @ 7:01 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Even though Gov. Bev Perdue's 2008 campaign for governor ended nearly four years ago, the upcoming trial of New Bern attorney Trawick "Buzzy" Stubbs should offer further insight into her campaign's mysterious aircraft provider program.
Published: Tuesday, June 5th, 2012 @ 11:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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