A federal judge has signed off on a deal ending Republican groups’ lawsuit over rules linked to mail-in election ballots in North Carolina.
The US Department of Justice is opposing requests to revisit the settlement of a federal lawsuit over North Carolina voter registration.
A federal judge will allow left-of-center groups to use email to serve a trial subpoena for election integrity activist Cleta Mitchell. The judge denied the groups’ request to compel Mitchell’s appearance at a trial scheduled later this month in Winston-Salem.
A federal judge has agreed that no further action will take place in the US Justice Department’s voter registration lawsuit against North Carolina election officials while the federal government remains shut down.
The US Department of Justice is asking a federal judge to place a hold on the lawsuit pitting the federal government against North Carolina’s State Board of Elections. The partial federal government shutdown prompted the request for a stay in the case.
The Democratic National Committee and a group working with Democratic operative Marc Elias’ law firm are challenging the recent deal ending a lawsuit between the US Justice Department and North Carolina’s election board. Both the DNC and Elias’ client filed paperwork in federal court Tuesday. Both groups urge US Chief District Judge Richard Myers to revisit their requests to enter the case as defendants.
A federal judge has rejected requests from North Carolina’s legislative leaders and the State Board of Elections to dismiss a lawsuit targeting changes to state same-day voter registration rules. US District Judge Thomas Schroeder plans to “determine a trial date” during a hearing Tuesday in Winston-Salem.
Top North Carolina legislative leaders are asking a federal judge to dismiss a left-of-center activist group’s 2023 lawsuit linked to same-day voter registration. Lawmakers argued in a court filing Tuesday that the recent settlement of two related lawsuits renders Democracy North Carolina’s ongoing legal challenge moot.
After months of delays, a barrier wall at the Chemours Fayetteville Works Site in Bladen County is complete, according to The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ). In a statement, the agency said, “As of June 11, DEQ has been notified that the barrier wall is complete. The extraction wells and treatment system are...
A U.S. District Court judge will not permit N.C. election officials to count absentee ballots that lack a witness signature required by law. But the judge has refused to block other election changes that generated opposition from Republicans. That means the N.C. State Board of Elections can move forward with election rule changes included in...
RALEIGH — In recent years, defenders of the funds receiving money under the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with tobacco companies have said the funds could not be transferred or diverted to the state’s General Fund because the use of the funds was directed by court order.
