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What would happen if, just before the tip-off to a basketball game, the referees announced that they were awarding one of the teams a 15-point lead at the beginning of the game?
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2024 @ 6:14 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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More and more frequently I am asked: What can we do when our legislature doesn’t pass laws not supported by the majority, favoring instead the minority?
Published: Thursday, December 21st, 2023 @ 11:07 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The new redistricted congressional and legislative maps passed by our legislature are not surprising to those who have followed this hyper partisan General Assembly.
Published: Thursday, November 16th, 2023 @ 1:50 am
By: Tom Campbell
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“We have a responsibility to our party, our members, and donors to ensure that our energy, efforts, and financial resources are being used to support the candidates with the best chance of winning,” said David Merrill.
Published: Sunday, November 5th, 2023 @ 12:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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our Congressional district moves westward, loses Onslow and Currituck
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2023 @ 10:57 am
By: John Steed
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The U.S. Supreme Court's Moore v. Harper redistricting ruling could have an impact soon over Ohio's legal dispute involving a congressional election map.
Published: Monday, September 18th, 2023 @ 3:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In what has to be a landmark decision the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that state legislatures do not have unchecked power over federal elections.
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2023 @ 1:44 am
By: Tom Campbell
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On Wednesday, the North Carolina General Assembly will hold opening ceremonies to kick off the 2023 legislative session. In odd-numbered years, legislators hold a “long session” starting in January.
Published: Saturday, January 28th, 2023 @ 10:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with Wisconsin Republicans challenging “redistricting” efforts from Democrats in the state, throwing out legislative maps drawn by Democratic Governor Tony Evers and adopted by its highest court, The Washington Post reported.
Published: Monday, December 26th, 2022 @ 4:35 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The U.S. Constitution grants state legislatures the power to regulate congressional redistricting
Published: Saturday, December 24th, 2022 @ 8:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. legislative leaders raise concerns about a Democratic state Supreme Court law clerk who's running for a state House seat.
Published: Saturday, October 8th, 2022 @ 12:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Sometimes simple explanations aren’t enough. That’s certainly the case with a North Carolina lawsuit the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider.
Published: Friday, October 7th, 2022 @ 7:15 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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N.C. lawmakers accuse redistricting plaintiffs of trying to "disestablish" the General Assembly's authority to draw state election maps.
Published: Friday, September 30th, 2022 @ 3:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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To paraphrase Alice, who used the term to describe her adventures in Wonderland, election politics in America is getting “curiouser and curiouser.” North Carolina has been in the forefront of innovation and implementation
Published: Thursday, August 11th, 2022 @ 11:59 am
By: Tom Campbell
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It seems this patriotic national hero, along with his twin brother Yevgeny, are featured in a Ken Burns documentary America. This was filmed long before our beloved hero was offered the job of Ukrainian Secretary of War, as recognition for his selfless service in the role of Ukrainian-American...
Published: Monday, July 18th, 2022 @ 12:00 am
By: Guy Miller
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A new Civitas poll shows that Republican candidates running for U.S. Congress and the state legislature in North Carolina are in good shape heading into the 2022 midterm election.
Published: Thursday, April 28th, 2022 @ 9:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The term “Gerrymandering” refers to the act of manipulating the boundaries of voting districts to achieve some political advantage.
Published: Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 @ 1:22 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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It should have come as no surprise that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the maps approved by North Carolina’s high court.
Published: Thursday, March 10th, 2022 @ 9:43 am
By: Tom Campbell
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state legislative redistricting settled - Beaufort Cty in GOP districts
Published: Friday, February 25th, 2022 @ 11:53 am
By: John Steed
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Will the Courts Accept "Yes" for an Answer?
Published: Friday, February 25th, 2022 @ 8:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There was a time – admittedly years ago – when North Carolinians would have risen in loud, unified protests over rigged elections.
Published: Friday, February 4th, 2022 @ 1:37 am
By: Tom Campbell
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As the Biden administration and Congress struggle with plummeting approval numbers, a battle is being waged in North Carolina and other states over who will control the drawing of congressional districts.
Published: Friday, February 4th, 2022 @ 1:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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No districts in the NC League of Conservation Voters' map have enough black voters to satisfy Voting Rights Act requirements
Published: Monday, January 17th, 2022 @ 10:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Candidate filing for North Carolina's 2022 primary elections, as well as rescheduled municipal elections, will resume at 8 a.m. Thursday, February 24, and end at noon on Friday, March 4
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2022 @ 8:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A Wake County Superior Court Judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday that was filed against the state’s election redistricting process. The suit alleged that the General Assembly violated previous court precedents governing how election maps should be drawn.
Published: Tuesday, December 14th, 2021 @ 8:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In a change of direction, former Cumberland County Sen. Wesley Meredith will run for a seat in the state House. He initially planned to run for a newly drawn state Senate seat that includes part of Cumberland and all of GOP-rich Moore County.
Published: Monday, December 13th, 2021 @ 12:28 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Court of Appeals enters temporary order
Published: Tuesday, December 7th, 2021 @ 7:26 am
By: John Steed
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State Sen. Tom McInnis, R-Richmond, has moved his permanent residence from Richmond County to his second home in the Pinehurst area of Moore County to run for the newly-drawn state Senate District 21, which will include all of GOP-rich Moore County, and much of Cumberland County.
Published: Friday, December 3rd, 2021 @ 10:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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It’s one of the best quotes attributed to baseball legend Yogi Berra: “It’s like deja vu all over again.”
Published: Monday, November 29th, 2021 @ 11:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Is the GOP’s electoral wipeout of Democratic candidates in Virginia a harbinger of things to come in North Carolina next year?
Published: Sunday, November 28th, 2021 @ 3:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As the N.C. House passed its new election maps Tuesday, Nov. 2, the Senate followed suit Wednesday, Nov. 3, passing new maps with a vote along party lines, 26-19.
Published: Sunday, November 28th, 2021 @ 8:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, November 2, The N.C. House voted along party lines in favor of its new House election district map, while the N.C. Senate approved new congressional maps.
Published: Friday, November 26th, 2021 @ 6:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. House passed its district map proposal during evening sessions Tuesday, Nov. 2. The Senate is expected to vote on the N.C. House district map on Thursday. Redistricting maps do not go before Governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat, driving pressure on the legislative process by opposition groups.
Published: Thursday, November 25th, 2021 @ 1:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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