Gov. Roy Cooper is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit from unaffiliated voters who want to serve on the State Board of Elections.
Published: Saturday, May 13th, 2023 @ 3:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Elections board counsel Katelyn Love has demonstrated both ignorance of, and contempt for, state election law
Published: Friday, February 4th, 2022 @ 9:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Consistent with the statute on which the current regulation is based, the current regulation allows up to eight precinct-specific observers during the thirteen hours of election day.
Published: Monday, July 19th, 2021 @ 11:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Senate is summoning the director of the State Board of Elections to answer questions about a controversial settlement she negotiated that upended voting rules just weeks before November’s election.
Published: Wednesday, March 24th, 2021 @ 11:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The State Board of Elections made it official. But not without a bit of controversy.
Published: Sunday, November 29th, 2020 @ 9:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As of November 19, NC Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley lost her reelection bid to Justice Paul Newby by 406 votes.
Published: Wednesday, November 25th, 2020 @ 10:33 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A federal judge noted his “serious concerns” about the N.C. state elections board in an order issued Friday, Oct. 30.
Published: Friday, November 6th, 2020 @ 6:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Judge William Osteen Jr. of U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina issued two orders on the evening of October 14 in the ongoing dispute.
Published: Saturday, October 17th, 2020 @ 8:18 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Illegally moving the goalposts. Intentionally violating North Carolinians’ civil rights.
Published: Thursday, October 8th, 2020 @ 11:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Yesterday, Federal District Judge Osteen wrote a blistering rebuke of Attorney General Josh Stein and the Cooper Appointed State Board of Elections leadership attempt to misappropriate his order.
Published: Friday, October 2nd, 2020 @ 1:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The day after the state announced a settlement with Democratic super-litigator Marc Elias likely gutting absentee ballot protections, the State Board of Elections’ two Republican members resigned.
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2020 @ 2:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Rules Review Commission unanimously voted to reject a State Board of Elections’ request for emergency powers on Thursday, May 21.
Published: Thursday, May 28th, 2020 @ 12:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On May 11, I noted that the State Board of Elections (SBE) was proposing to expand the emergency powers of SBE Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell
Published: Wednesday, May 20th, 2020 @ 2:43 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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While there is certainly more to democracy than elections, elections are the focal point of a democracy.
Published: Saturday, March 21st, 2020 @ 6:56 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Roy Cooper’s North Carolina State Board of Elections continues to be immersed in a cloud of chaos and has now voted to allow untested voting machines to be certified for use in next year’s elections.
Published: Tuesday, December 17th, 2019 @ 1:05 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Voting system approval in North Carolina is in for yet another delay.
Published: Tuesday, August 6th, 2019 @ 6:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In a letter sent Sunday to Gov. Roy Cooper’s office, the N.C. Republican Party said it won’t be “bullied” into adding members to an interim state elections board the party considers unconstitutional — and that a legal interpretation Cooper’s own attorney sought prevents the governor...
Published: Tuesday, January 1st, 2019 @ 3:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina will spend $10.9 million to modernize election systems and tighten the security of voters' information
Published: Monday, July 16th, 2018 @ 5:29 pm
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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Gov. Roy Cooper has filed suit against state legislative leaders again, on the same day the N.C. Supreme Court rejected his bid to throw out a new merged state ethics and elections board
Published: Thursday, March 15th, 2018 @ 7:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a 4-3 ruling along party lines, the N.C. Supreme Court on Friday ruled for Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper in the lawsuit between the governor and General Assembly leadership over the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement
Published: Monday, January 29th, 2018 @ 1:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state's top elections staffer says she sees no problems ahead for North Carolina municipal elections - unless there's an election protest. There's also no way to certify the results of this year's elections under current conditions
Published: Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017 @ 7:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Less than a week after hearing arguments in a lawsuit pitting Gov. Roy Cooper against the General Assembly, the N.C. Supreme Court has ordered a three-judge panel to reconsider the case. The governor supports the decision
Published: Tuesday, September 5th, 2017 @ 12:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A state Superior Court panel and the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dealt Gov. Roy Cooper and his political allies two setbacks
Published: Sunday, June 18th, 2017 @ 9:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It was only a matter of when, not if
Published: Wednesday, April 26th, 2017 @ 1:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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