Republican lawmakers grilled State Board of Elections Director Karen Brinson Bell over her handling of the 2020 election in a testy back-and-forth hearing.
Published: Monday, April 5th, 2021 @ 7:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A national watchdog alleges that the Guilford and Mecklenburg county board of elections are in violation of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) and has threatened to sue the counties and the NC State Board of Elections if they do no comply by early March.
Published: Saturday, January 11th, 2020 @ 8:48 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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How would you describe the year 2019? I’ve pondered the just-right descriptive adjective and finally settled on the seldom used but highly appropriate word quarrelsome.
Published: Wednesday, December 25th, 2019 @ 7:54 am
By: Tom Campbell
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One day after the University of North Carolina’s board chairman submitted his resignation, interim President Dr. Bill Roper has announced he’s not interested in permanently leading UNC.
Published: Friday, September 27th, 2019 @ 10:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Who should lead the University of North Carolina System?
Published: Friday, September 20th, 2019 @ 7:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Thursday, June 20th, 2019 @ 2:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Another week, another editorial ripping the NC Democrat Party.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 @ 6:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina Republican Party Communications Director Jeff Hauser has released the following statement:
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2019 @ 7:54 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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The top official at the State Board of Elections wants tougher punishment for election crimes, suggesting special prosecutors should be appointed if district attorneys or federal authorities refuse to investigate wrongdoing.
Published: Saturday, March 23rd, 2019 @ 1:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The bill removed student IDs as an acceptable photo ID for casting ballots. The first time university-issued student identification and state agency employee IDs could be used to vote would be 2021
Published: Thursday, March 21st, 2019 @ 3:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Candidate filing for North Carolina's fraud-scarred 9th U.S. Congressional District will begin next week for a May 14 primary, and the general election is set for Sept. 10
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2019 @ 10:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We've had time to digest last week's 9th District congressional hearings, so let us summarize what we learned.
Published: Tuesday, March 5th, 2019 @ 11:52 am
By: Tom Campbell
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With his congressional campaign in debt, his integrity under siege, his health in question, and a criminal investigation over corruption gathering steam, some political observers are doubtful.
Published: Tuesday, February 26th, 2019 @ 10:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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McCrae Dowless, the main person of interest in an alleged ballot harvesting ring that helped Republican Rev. Mark Harris defeat Democrat Dan McCready in November, appeared under subpoena at a State Board of Elections evidentiary hearing Monday but refused to testify.
Published: Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 @ 2:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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This morning, the North Carolina Republican Party held a press conference laying out the problems with the Ninth Congressional District investigation in specific detail.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 12:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Republican Rep-elect Mark Harris will get his day in court. Thursday, Jan. 3, he filed a petition in Wake County Superior Court seeking to declare him the victor in the 9th U.S. Congressional District election
Published: Sunday, January 6th, 2019 @ 6:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A "systematic failure of the election process" may warrant a new election in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District, N.C. Republican Party Chairman Robin Hayes says
Published: Thursday, December 13th, 2018 @ 12:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement has begun disclosing evidentiary materials related to its investigation of election fraud in the 9th Congressional District election
Published: Sunday, December 9th, 2018 @ 7:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On November 6, an amendment to the North Carolina constitution requiring voters to present a photo identification for voting in person (the "Voter ID" amendment) passed with 55 percent support.
Published: Thursday, December 6th, 2018 @ 10:35 am
By: Diane Rufino
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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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Democrat-turned-Republican Chris Anglin won his court fight to run on the GOP ticket for Supreme Court justice in the Nov. 6 general election
Published: Wednesday, September 12th, 2018 @ 10:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Raleigh attorney Chris Anglin has won his fight to run as a Republican for the Supreme Court in the Nov. 6 general election. Republican legislative leaders have thrown in the towel
Published: Saturday, September 1st, 2018 @ 12:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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An appeal of a judge’s ruling requiring the fall election ballot to list Supreme Court candidate Chris Anglin as a Republican could threaten a key election deadline
Published: Thursday, August 23rd, 2018 @ 5:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The House Rules Committee passed two potential constitutional amendments Thursday
Published: Thursday, July 5th, 2018 @ 6:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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John Lewis, a Republican recently named to the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement, says the eight-member board - set to hold its first meeting at 8 a.m. Wednesday - should have more time before recommending its ninth member
Published: Thursday, March 22nd, 2018 @ 4:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed four Democrats and four Republicans to the new merged board overseeing state elections and ethics enforcement
Published: Tuesday, March 20th, 2018 @ 10:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Low voter turnout is one of several challenges resulting from a court order setting a deadline to redraw legislative districts and establish special legislative elections next year
Published: Wednesday, January 4th, 2017 @ 9:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Donald Trump's choice of words about the election system is interesting because people interpret the word "rigged" in different ways.
Published: Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 @ 7:35 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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State elections board Executive Director Kim Strach, at the request of a federal court panel ruling on the North Carolina's legislative districts, filed a 16-page report detailing the administrative processes and costs to implement a special legislative election in 2017
Published: Monday, December 5th, 2016 @ 3:44 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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