N.C. Republican Party chairman Tom Fetzer announces his plan to file a formal elections complaint against Gov. Beverly Perdue and the N.C. Democratic Party in connection with a series of flights Perdue took in connection with the 2008 gubernatorial campaign. Fetzer offered these remarks Oct. 15, 2009. In response, the state Democratic Party issued a statement that includes the following: “The partisan allegations made today by the Republican Party are completely without merit. They are nothing more than the same, tired political games we’ve come to expect from them.”
NCSBE report leaves questions about early voting site deadline change
A report given by Karen Brinson Bell, executive director for the North Carolina State Elections Board (NCSBE), along with Paul Cox, general counsel for NCSBE, to a Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee on Wednesday not only gave a wrap-up of the March primary and addressed other issues, but also raised questions by some on a contradictory measure taken by the board recently regarding early voting site changes.