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In-person early voting for the May 14 runoff election gets underway
In-person early voting for the May 14 second primary/runoff election began Thursday at 8 am. It will end on Saturday, May 11 at 3 pm.
Opinion
Lt. governor race draws fourteen candidates
Most of the executive-branch offices comprising North Carolina’s Council of State are either open seats in 2024 or will feature highly competitive races in both the primary and general elections. But none has attracted as many candidates as lieutenant governor. GOP incumbent Mark Robinson is running for governor. Fourteen North Carolinians want to succeed him...
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Federal Appeals Court will hear Stein’s case against N.C. criminal libel law on Dec. 6
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on Dec. 6 in N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein’s challenge of a state law against campaign lies. Stein hopes the federal courts will declare the law unconstitutional. A 2-1 ruling from the 4th Circuit on Aug. 23 gave Stein and fellow plaintiffs an injunction against the law. The injunction blocked Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman’s office from pursuing criminal charges against Stein and two colleagues.
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Stein asks judge to block ruling, cites state elections board’s investigation
N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein has asked a federal judge to block her own ruling against Stein in his challenge of a state law against campaign lies. The attorney general cites newly released evidence from a state elections board investigation of his 2020 campaign.
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Stein, Freeman file competing briefs in case of disputed N.C. law against campaign lies
Lawyers representing N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein and Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman offered opposing written arguments Monday in a dispute involving a state law against campaign lies.
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Stein’s new federal lawsuit seeks to head off N.C. punishment based on 2020 election ad dispute
N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein is going to federal court to have a 91-year-old state law declared unconstitutional. The suit stems from a 2020 campaign ad challenged as false by Stein's general election opponent. The suit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court suggests that Stein and two other plaintiffs expect authorities to take action against them soon based on the disputed state law.
