A federal judge has signed off on a deal ending Republican groups’ lawsuit over rules linked to mail-in election ballots in North Carolina.
Anything less undermines confidence that our elections are free and fair. That, in turn, undermines faith in all our government institutions.
The state elections board voted to reverse a 2023 rule that barred political parties from appointing election observers in nonpartisan contests.
The bill includes changes to ballot-counting timelines, absentee-voting procedures, campaign-finance thresholds, and the authority of the State Board of Elections. It replaces an earlier version of the bill, expanding and clarifying key procedures.
The Democratic National Committee, North Carolina NAACP, and League of Women Voters of North Carolina all hope to intervene in the US Justice Department’s lawsuit against the state elections board. The suit accuses the elections board of maintaining inaccurate voter rolls in violation of federal law.
The North Carolina Supreme Court will allow State Auditor Dave Boliek to maintain his new appointment powers for the State Board of Elections. The court split, 5-2, Friday in rejecting Gov. Josh Stein’s request to block a lower court order supporting Boliek.
On Thursday, Sam Hayes officially became executive director for the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE). He replaces Karen Brinson Bell, whose term expired the same day.
In a recent exclusive interview with CJ, State Auditor Dave Boliek shared his thoughts on his appointments to the State Board of Elections..
For the first time since the Gov. Pat McCrory administration, the NC State Board of Elections officially has a Republican majority.
North Carolina State Auditor Dave Boliek announced his appointments to the state’s Board of Elections (NCSBE) on Thursday after Wednesday’s ruling in which the North Carolina Court of Appeals blocked a lower court ruling favoring Gov. Josh Stein in his legal battle with state legislative leaders and Boliek over elections board appointments.
North Carolinians deserve to know the truth about ranked-choice voting. It’s a system that upends the “one person, one vote” principle and replaces it with a partisan tool designed to skew elections for the left.
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