The State Board of Elections ousted Executive Director Kim Strach Monday, May 13, on a party line vote, naming Karen Brinson Bell of Charleston, South Carolina, to replace Strach effective June 1. Strach served six of her 19 years with the state board as executive director, having built a reputation as an intrepid investigator on...
RALEIGH — The redistricting plan adopted last year by the General Assembly morphed the boundaries of the 13th U.S. Congressional District so much that its own congressman chose not to seek re-election. The new district's demographics favor the GOP, so incumbent Democratic Rep. Brad Miller is not pursuing a sixth term.
RALEIGH — All three candidates in the 13th U.S. Congressional District Republican primary hold the late U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms in high esteem, but each questions his opponents’ ability to maintain a conservative track record if given a chance to go to Washington.
RALEIGH — As compliance director for the Perdue campaign, Priya Sarathy would have been responsible for making sure that contributions to Perdue’s gubernatorial campaign followed state election laws. The flights are at the heart of a State Board of Elections investigation that recently expanded to a criminal probe by the State Bureau of Investigation.
A desire to rid government of bad behavior can lead to harmful unintended consequences.
RALEIGH — When the North Carolina State Government Ethics Act was signed into law in 2006, many hoped that unethical conduct on the part of public officials in the state would at best decrease and at worst be exposed and investigated. Unfortunately, neither has been realized
RALEIGH — On Friday, the state Board of Elections in a unanimous vote asked the Wake County District Attorney’s Office to open a review investigating the possibility that the former governor, among others, may have violated the law.
If you blame the political system rather than the perpetrator for scandalous behavior, you’re making excuses for his behavior.
RALEIGH — Monday at 11 a.m., the North Carolina Board of Elections will convene a hearing to investigate allegations of campaign-finance violations by former Gov. Mike Easley, donors to Easley's campaigns, and officials of the state Democratic Party.
There is an air of arrogance about a regime that has governed for such an extended period.
This is an especially demoralizing time. It seems that everywhere around me people are exploiting public trust for private gain.
