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Nevada and Michigan are focus
Published: Wednesday, June 19th, 2024 @ 10:18 pm
By: John Steed
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RALEIGH: Following UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz’ resignation to become President of Michigan State University, Governor Roy Cooper reiterated the need for changes in the governance of the UNC System, highlighting recommendations put forward by the Governor’s Commission
Published: Sunday, February 25th, 2024 @ 9:00 am
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill Thursday that restructures the North Carolina State Board of Elections by splitting the appointments between the majority and minority legislative leaders.
Published: Sunday, January 14th, 2024 @ 4:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s election reform bill, Senate Bill 747, would require the state and county boards of elections to provide more information on elections and increase the frequency of list maintenance
Published: Friday, November 17th, 2023 @ 11:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the wake of the April 28 NC Supreme Court ruling requiring government-issued photo identification in order to vote in North Carolina elections, exception forms created by the NC State Board of Elections (NCSBE) have been introduced that would allow individuals to vote
Published: Saturday, October 21st, 2023 @ 6:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A pair of election integrity bills passed Thursday in the North Carolina Senate. S.B. 747, Election Law Changes, and S.B. 749, No Partisan Advantage in Elections, both passed with a vote of 28-19.
Published: Friday, August 18th, 2023 @ 1:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Monday, Senate Republicans unveiled a plan to make the North Carolina state and local elections boards bipartisan.
Published: Tuesday, August 1st, 2023 @ 7:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Full Report Includes Previously Approved Recommendations to Increase Transparency and Accountability
Published: Saturday, July 29th, 2023 @ 3:55 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Comments in the North Carolina General Assembly supporting SB 747 (Election Law Changes) and partially supporting SB 749 (No Partisan Advantage in Elections)
Published: Saturday, July 22nd, 2023 @ 4:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Recommendations Include New Center of Higher Education Governance, Increased Transparency and Accountability, and Expand Appointment Authority to Make It Bipartisan
Published: Monday, July 10th, 2023 @ 10:43 am
By: Governor's Office
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A bill that would change the governance structure for three state schools for the deaf and the blind became law on Monday without Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper’s signature.
Published: Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 @ 10:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper’s appointment power would be reduced under a bill passed March 1 by the North Carolina House.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 10:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Talks continue between both the N.C. House and Senate with no imminent solution on Medicaid expansion.
Published: Sunday, August 28th, 2022 @ 9:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Should private organizations fund election administration?
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2022 @ 4:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican lawmakers grilled State Board of Elections Director Karen Brinson Bell over her handling of the 2020 election in a testy back-and-forth hearing.
Published: Monday, April 5th, 2021 @ 7:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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If N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley manages to keep her job beyond the end of this year, one could say her electoral opponent and fellow Justice Paul Newby has fallen victim to “perilous consequences.”
Published: Wednesday, December 9th, 2020 @ 5:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Justice Paul Newby has secured a majority of votes to become the next chief justice of the state of North Carolina now that all 100 counties have officially completed their canvass of the 2020 election and have certified the results.
Published: Wednesday, November 18th, 2020 @ 6:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina elections officials wish to remind Election Day voters that it may take a few weeks before their “voter history” is updated to reflect their recent vote in their voter record available through the State Board of Elections’ Voter Search tool.
Published: Thursday, November 5th, 2020 @ 11:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Over the past few weeks, I have seen headlines such as “Black voter’s mail-in ballots being rejected at a higher rate, “Black voters are disproportionately having mail ballots rejected in North Carolina” and “North Carolina’s Witness Rule Favors White Voters“
Published: Monday, October 26th, 2020 @ 9:24 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the State Board of Elections’ attempt to rewrite N.C. elections law.
Published: Tuesday, October 6th, 2020 @ 9:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Yesterday, Federal District Judge Osteen wrote a blistering rebuke of Attorney General Josh Stein and the Cooper Appointed State Board of Elections leadership attempt to misappropriate his order.
Published: Friday, October 2nd, 2020 @ 1:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Late last night, merely hours before the review of absentee ballots began, the North Carolina State Board of Elections sent out an email commanding that county boards comply with Director Bell's illegal, unconstitutional memos or be fired.
Published: Wednesday, September 30th, 2020 @ 8:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. Senate’s leader on election law issues is blasting the latest lawsuit from Gov. Roy Cooper.
Published: Monday, August 31st, 2020 @ 10:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Rules Review Commission unanimously voted to reject a State Board of Elections’ request for emergency powers on Thursday, May 21.
Published: Thursday, May 28th, 2020 @ 12:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper announced Tuesday, Dec. 18 he would veto a bill returning the Bipartisan Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement to separate agencies over concerns about a provision related to campaign finance investigations
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2018 @ 11:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Once again lawmakers would require a primary if the state elections board calls for a new election in the 9th Congressional District after they scrapped the provision yesterday during a committee meeting
Published: Monday, December 17th, 2018 @ 2:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The nearly two-year battle over the Bipartisan Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement may come to a close soon with the General Assembly essentially handing Gov. Roy Cooper a victory in the separation-of-powers struggle
Published: Sunday, December 16th, 2018 @ 8:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican lawmakers unveiled a new bill at a Tuesday, Dec. 11 news conference which would return the Bipartisan Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement to two separate boards after years of court battles over the merger
Published: Friday, December 14th, 2018 @ 12:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In late 2016, as Gov. Roy Cooper was preparing to take office, the General Assembly decided it would change the makeup of the Bipartisan Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement
Published: Saturday, December 8th, 2018 @ 9:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After several court battles and a failed constitutional amendment, the Bipartisan Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement may once again become separate boards
Published: Thursday, December 6th, 2018 @ 2:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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With the November election over, lawmakers must reconfigure the Bipartisan Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement to comply with a Superior Court order
Published: Sunday, December 2nd, 2018 @ 2:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Just seven weeks remain for veto-proof Republican supermajorities in the N.C. General Assembly. That gives GOP lawmakers plenty of time to craft, unveil, and approve new legislation
Published: Tuesday, November 27th, 2018 @ 8:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Election Day has come and gone. Some good things happened, some didn't.
Published: Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 @ 5:17 pm
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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