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House Bill 99 looks to modify Wake County Commissioners elections from partisan and countywide to non-partisan elections and by district. This proposed change has caused some to exaggerate the impact of the bill. So, what do the numbers say?
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 7:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2021, the Wake County Board of Commissioners voted to redraw their own district lines and lengthen their terms. They also voted themselves 132% pay increases, more than doubling their salaries.
Published: Thursday, March 2nd, 2023 @ 10:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed.
Published: Saturday, June 6th, 2020 @ 12:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In-person early voting begins Thursday, June 4, for the Republican second primary in the 11th Congressional District and the new Republican primary in Columbus County Commissioner District 2.
Published: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020 @ 12:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. State Board of Elections on Tuesday unanimously ordered a new Republican primary election for Columbus County Commissioner District 2.
Published: Tuesday, April 7th, 2020 @ 6:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The State Board of Elections will hold a telephonic meeting beginning at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 7, 2020.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 6:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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Candidate filing for North Carolina's fraud-scarred 9th U.S. Congressional District will begin next week for a May 14 primary, and the general election is set for Sept. 10
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2019 @ 10:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The filing period for candidates running in the special election in North Carolina's 3rd Congressional District begins Monday, March 4 and ends Friday, March 8.
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2019 @ 1:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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In a bipartisan decision Friday, the State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement decided to hold a public evidentiary hearing into claims of irregularities and fraudulent activities related to absentee by-mail voting and potentially other matters in the 9th Congressional District contest
Published: Sunday, December 2nd, 2018 @ 2:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The informal Town Hall scheduled as an opportunity for the public to meet the 2016 Republican Dare County Commissioner Candidates and the NC House District 6 candidate Friday October 14, 2016 from 6 to 7 p.m. will occur as planned
Published: Friday, October 14th, 2016 @ 9:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The public is invited to meet the Republican Dare County Commissioner Candidates and the NC House District 6 candidate at an informal Town Hall Meeting to be held on Friday October 14, 2016 from 6 to 7 p.m.
Published: Thursday, October 6th, 2016 @ 12:54 am
By: Christopher Maye
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The filing period for all nine Wake County school board seats opens at noon Thursday and ends at noon Wednesday, Aug. 17.
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2016 @ 2:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Wake County Board of Elections will revert to using the maps that were in place in 2011 for this year's school board and county commissioner elections, a federal judge has ruled.
Published: Thursday, August 11th, 2016 @ 3:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dever issued an order on Thursday which included the mandate from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that Wake County school board districts enacted by the General Assembly in 2013 and identical county commissioner districts enacted in 2015 were unconstitutional
Published: Monday, August 8th, 2016 @ 4:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Attorneys for legislative leaders have filed new maps with the U.S. District Court and are urging the judge handling the case to approve the maps for the 2016 election for Wake County commissioners and school board members
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2016 @ 10:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has declined to rehear the challenge to the Wake County commission and school board redistricting case.
Published: Saturday, July 30th, 2016 @ 2:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While the Wake County Board of Elections voted along party lines to appeal a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling throwing out local school board and county commissioner districts, state legislative leaders are fighting to get back in as defendants in the case
Published: Tuesday, July 19th, 2016 @ 12:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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While officials are mulling a request from a federal judge to submit new district maps for Wake County commissioner and school board elections, one longtime lawmaker says the U.S. Supreme Court could allow this year's elections to be held under the disputed plans
Published: Thursday, July 14th, 2016 @ 5:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Advocates for reform of the way North Carolina draws its congressional and legislative election maps are taking their arguments to audiences across North Carolina. Redistricting reformers have conducted public meetings recently in Greensboro, Fayetteville, and Charlotte, with other events...
Published: Sunday, October 20th, 2013 @ 11:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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