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NC Green Party Calls On Gov. Cooper and NCGA to ‘stop all aid to Israel’

On Tuesday, the North Carolina Green Party issued a statement calling on Gov. Roy Cooper and the North Carolina Legislature to call for a permanent ceasefire and end all aid to Israel.  “The North Carolina Green Party is calling on Governor Roy Cooper and the North Carolina Legislature to call on President Biden to stop...

Katherine Zehnder
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NC Democrats forced to pay Green Party for ‘frivolous’ intervention

The North Carolina Democratic Party has been ordered to pay the North Carolina Green Party’s legal fees due to ‘frivolous’ and ‘unreasonable’ intervention in the third party’s battle for ballot access in 2022. 

Brianna Kraemer
Opinion

All politics is global

Everyone knows the famous adage that “All politics is local.” But looking back at the year’s stories for major themes, it was clear one story from across the globe had generated more articles on our site in the last third of the year than many others did over the full 12 months (although we do...

David Larson
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Political bullying or ‘procedural issues’? You make the call.

In recent times, the North Carolina Democratic Party (NCDP) has displayed a troubling pattern of using the claim of “procedural issues” to stifle certain views and groups in a way that looks an awful lot like bullying from behind an administrative cloud.   One such instance from recent days was the rejection of a Jewish...

Joshua Peters

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Federal Appeals Court denies Democrats’ bid to block Green Party from N.C. ballot

The 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has denied a motion from two Democratic groups that tried to block the Green Party from appearing on the N.C. general election ballot. The decision paves the way for Green Party candidate Matthew Hoh to compete in the hotly contested U.S. Senate race.

David Larson, CJ Staff
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Green Party points out Democrats’ ‘distortions,’ ‘misrepresentations’ in Appeals Court filing

The N.C. Green Party accuses Democrats of trying “to sow confusion just long enough” to keep Greens off North Carolina’s general election ballot. The accusation is part of a new court filing with the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. The Green Party responded Wednesday to an emergency motion from the N.C. Democratic Party and...

CJ Staff
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Democrats appeal to 4th Circuit to block Greens’ candidates from ballot

On Tuesday, Democrats filed an emergency motion to stay federal Judge James Dever’s decision last week to order the North Carolina State Board of Elections to place the Green Party’s candidates on the ballot. The motion — filed by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the North Carolina Democratic Party — asked the left-leaning Fourth...

David Larson
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Judge says case for blocking Green Party candidates now moot after NCSBE decision

he final step in the N.C. Green Party's journey to be on the state's 2022 ballots may be in sight, as Judge James Dever, the federal judge overseeing the NCGP's lawsuit against the N.C. State Board of Elections, released an order Monday signaling the case was made "moot" by the NCSBE's decision to certify the Greens as a party.

David Larson