Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Lumbee tribe recognition: The Lumbee Tribe’s fight for federal recognition has two new major allies: President Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Federal…
Lawyers on both sides of North Carolina’s absentee-ballot legal dispute could spend much of their weekend working. Filings in the case are due to U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts by 3 p.m. Saturday. In a pair of similar cases, Republican state legislative leaders, President Trump’s re-election campaign, the Republican National…
Given voting challenges amid COVID-19, what can you actually expect to know about ballot results at the close of Election Day? More than you might think, Carolina Journal has learned from the N.C. State Board of Elections. The…
Gov. Roy Cooper is setting the stage to have even stronger powers if he chooses to impose new COVID-19 rules, a legal scholar tells Carolina Journal. Cooper’s administration is asking local leaders to restrict restaurants, close bars, and fine businesses for failing to enforce…
North Carolina’s deadline for accepting mail-in absentee ballots in this year’s election finally may be settled at the venue state conservative leaders wanted: the U.S. Supreme Court. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a convoluted opinion the justices must reverse, state legislative leaders…
The State Board of Elections will send voters whose absentee ballots lack a witness signature a new ballot, restoring a process for mail-in votes that was tied up in state and federal courts. Meanwhile, the N.C. Court of Appeals has ended its order blocking other provisions of a state…
Public employees understandably care a great deal about who is managing their retirement savings and health plan, but all North Carolinians have a stake in the outcome.
J.D. Wooten, Democratic candidate for N.C. Senate District 24, faces an ethics complaint for failing to disclose rental income. The complaint, with the State Board of Ethics, was filed by former State Elections and Ethics Enforcement Board member John Lewis on Friday, Oct. 16. In it, Lewis notes that…
The election lawsuit merry-go-round keeps turning, as tens of thousands of North Carolinians cast ballots at early voting sites, and legislative leaders urge the State Board of Elections to “stop this chaos.” The most recent development happened Friday, Oct. 16. N.C. Superior Court Judge Bryan Collins…
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Pro Act: Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham has endorsed the Pro Act, federal legislation that would repeal…
