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North Carolina’s 2024 presidential primary candidates approved
North Carolina's State Board of Elections has unanimously approved names of candidates to go on state ballots for the presidential primary on March 5, 2024.
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Three-judge panel to hold hearing Thursday in Cooper’s election board lawsuit
A three-judge panel will hold a hearing Thursday morning in Raleigh in Gov. Roy Cooper’s challenge of a new state law changing state and county elections board appointments. Superior Court Judges Edwin Wilson, Lori Hamilton, and Andrew Womble are scheduled to oversee the case titled Cooper v. Berger.
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State elections board, DAs ask federal court to dismiss felon voting lawsuit as moot
A recent change in North Carolina’s election law should prompt a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit from felon voting advocates as moot. That’s the argument the State Board of Elections and local district attorneys made in a court filing Wednesday. A hearing in the case is scheduled Nov. 14 in Durham.
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Cooper seeks court order blocking elections board changes
Gov. Roy Cooper is seeking a temporary restraining order to block changes to the membership of the State Board of Elections. Those changes are scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1. Legislative leaders from both parties would appoint members to an eight-person board split evenly between Democrats and Republicans.
Opinion
Elections bill ignores state constitution
Republican lawmakers in North Carolina have legitimate grievances against the Democrat-controlled State Board of Elections. The latter has abused its power in overtly partisan ways in recent years, most egregiously by striking a collusive settlement with Democratic attorney Marc Elias and Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein in 2020 to change our election procedures in direct...
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Voter ID critics want stay lifted, status conference set in federal case
Opponents of North Carolina’s 2018 voter identification law are asking a federal judge to lift a stay that has kept their lawsuit in limbo since December 2021. They also seek a status conference with the judge to set a schedule for moving the case forward.
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State elections board responds to court ruling on felon voting
On the same day that the N.C. Supreme Court struck down felon voting in North Carolina, the State Board of Elections announced steps to comply with the court’s ruling. The board is updating voter application forms. Using lists from state and federal agencies, local elections boards will cancel voter registration for ineligible voters.
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Legislative leaders urge federal court to toss unaffiliated voters’ lawsuit
Republican N.C. legislative leaders have asked a U.S. District Court to dismiss a lawsuit from unaffiliated voters. Those voters challenge a state law blocking them from serving on the State Board of Elections.
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Rules commission to review proposed voting system access restrictions
The N.C. Rules Review Commission will consider Thursday two proposals to restrict access to information about voting systems in North Carolina. RRC staff have recommended that the commission reject both rules from the State Board of Elections.
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Legislators urge federal judge to toss out unaffiliated voters’ election lawsuit
North Carolina’s top legislative leaders believe a federal judge should dismiss a lawsuit that aims to add unaffiliated voters to the state’s elections board. House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, and Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, filed a motion Friday to dismiss the case Common Cause v. Moore.
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Green Party says Democrats used tricks to block them from ballot
The North Carolina Green Party had its petition to be recognized as an official party in state elections denied, in a 3-2 party-line vote, at the N.C. State Board of Elections on June 30. But the NCGP is crying foul, alleging the Elias Law Group — a powerful firm used by national Democrats, which was also successful in getting North Carolina's election maps thrown out — used lying, bullying, and harassment to influence the decision.
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Republican lawmakers blast N.C. elections director for ‘secret settlement’ deal with national Democrats
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. The over two-hour hearing Tuesday, March 23, before the N.C. Senate Elections Committee hinged on one central question: Did Brinson Bell, a registered Democrat, change election law after voting began last year....
