Former congressional candidate, Pastor Mark Harris, a Republican, announced Tuesday morning that he will make a third try for Congress, despite the controversial 2018 election that saw Harris’ victory overturned due to allegations of ballot fraud.
Published: Sunday, December 17th, 2023 @ 1:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Friday, the North Carolina State Board of Elections announced that voters will be required to show valid identification in order to vote in the 2023 municipal elections.
Published: Saturday, May 13th, 2023 @ 11:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled Friday that a constitutional amendment implementing voter ID requirements may be invalid because the legislature that passed it was racially gerrymandered.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 @ 9:29 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Legislative defendants in a case challenging North Carolina’s voter ID law are rejecting a proposal to move the case to the state Supreme Court.
Published: Saturday, January 29th, 2022 @ 6:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. Supreme Court said Wednesday, Nov. 24, that it will hear a case early next year involving North Carolina's voter ID law. At issue is whether state legislative leaders are allowed to intervene in the case to defend the law.
Published: Friday, November 26th, 2021 @ 9:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A split 2-1 state Superior Court panel has rejected North Carolina’s voter ID law, five months after holding a trial in the case. The court majority labeled the 2018 law racially discriminatory and unconstitutional.
Published: Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021 @ 8:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In a split 2-1 ruling, the N.C. Court of Appeals has reinstated voter-approved state constitutional amendments to require voter ID and to cap the state’s income tax rate.
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2020 @ 3:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The president won the district by ten points in 2016. She's the odds on favorite in November.
Published: Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 @ 9:43 pm
By: LifeZette
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Now that filing has closed for the 2020 North Carolina state House elections, four main questions surround who will control the chamber in 2021.
Published: Monday, January 13th, 2020 @ 7:32 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The first of four educational mailings about the photo ID requirement for voting, which takes effect in 2020, will soon arrive in mailboxes of North Carolina residents.
Published: Monday, December 9th, 2019 @ 5:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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State Elections Director Karen Brinson Bell on Friday approved 49 additional types of student and employee photo identification for use in the 2020 elections.
Published: Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 @ 7:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The State Board of Elections is reminding colleges and universities, charter schools and state and local governments about upcoming deadlines to submit applications for their IDs to be eligible for use by voters in 2020.
Published: Friday, October 25th, 2019 @ 6:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Tuesday (September 10) is Election Day for voters in North Carolina’s 3rd and 9th Congressional Districts, as well as the primary for city of Charlotte municipal elections.
Published: Tuesday, September 10th, 2019 @ 8:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in North Carolina’s high-profile partisan gerrymandering case offered an excellent lesson about the limits of judicial power. It’s a lesson that should come in handy soon for state judges.
Published: Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019 @ 4:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Raleigh Charter High School is one of the top schools in the country, but it’s not what one would call a typical public school.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 3:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Voters registered as Republican or unaffiliated in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District will go to the polls Tuesday, May 14, to choose who will run as a Republican in the upcoming general election.
Published: Friday, May 10th, 2019 @ 5:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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One-Stop, in-person early voting begins Wednesday (April 24) in the Republican primary election for the 9th Congressional District, which includes all or parts of eight counties – Anson, Bladen, Cumberland, Mecklenburg, Richmond, Robeson, Scotland and Union.
Published: Saturday, May 4th, 2019 @ 1:04 pm
By: Daniel Bunting
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State Board of Elections staff will hold a random drawing at 5:15 p.m. today (Friday, March 15) to determine the order of candidates on primary and general election ballots for the new election in the 9th Congressional District.
Published: Sunday, March 17th, 2019 @ 9:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Figuring out the logistics for a special election to fill the vacancy left by the passing of Rep. Walter Jones Jr., R-3rd District, won't be easy, said Gerry Cohen, former special counsel to the General Assembly.
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 @ 9:23 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The State Board of Elections on Thursday unanimously ordered a new election in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District and two local contests in Bladen County.
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 @ 2:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway ruled Tuesday that the State Board of Elections is in the best position to weigh the factual and legal issues related to the 9th Congressional District contest.
Published: Friday, January 25th, 2019 @ 1:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The following are the statewide election results for elections in Beaufort County.
Published: Monday, November 12th, 2018 @ 7:48 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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The following is the absentee voter count numbers for early voting in Beaufort County for the 2018 general election as of November 3, 2018. Data is provided by Beaufort County Board of Elections
Published: Monday, November 5th, 2018 @ 4:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The following is the absentee voter count numbers for early voting in Beaufort County for the 2018 general election as of November 1, 2018. Data is provided by Beaufort County Board of Elections
Published: Friday, November 2nd, 2018 @ 11:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The following is the absentee voter count numbers for early voting in Beaufort County for the 2018 general election. Data is provided by Beaufort County Board of Elections
Published: Wednesday, October 31st, 2018 @ 8:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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With several days of in-person early voting remaining, ballots cast so far in the 2018 general election already have exceeded all ballots cast early during the 2014 midterm election
Published: Tuesday, October 30th, 2018 @ 9:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In-person early voting for the 2018 general election begins Wednesday (October 17) in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, October 17th, 2018 @ 12:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday paused the preparation of ballots for the November 6 general election as a result of legal challenges to proposed constitutional amendments
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2018 @ 6:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Senate gave tentative approval to House Bill 1092, a constitutional amendment requiring photo identification to vote in North Carolina elections
Published: Saturday, June 30th, 2018 @ 12:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans used their supermajority status to override a pair of Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes of legislation intended to, in the GOP's view, inject fairness and security into elections
Published: Thursday, June 21st, 2018 @ 12:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The candidate filing period for judicial seats in the 2018 general election begins at noon Monday (June 18) and ends at noon June 29
Published: Friday, June 15th, 2018 @ 7:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Bipartisan State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement voted unanimously on Wednesday to recognize the Constitution Party of North Carolina as the state's newest political party
Published: Thursday, June 7th, 2018 @ 6:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Political leanings and affectations ebb and flow depending on who the neophyte politician talks to; even, I know when to keep my mouth shut for I will reveal the obvious should I speak too much.
Published: Monday, April 2nd, 2018 @ 9:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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