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State elections board mulls proposed rules for poll observers

Rusty Jacobs

After the end of a public comment period, the state elections board will consider adopting permanent rules for partisan poll observers

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper poses for a portrait at the Governor's mansion on Wed., Aug. 17, 2022. Cooper has been very vocal and public with his efforts to elect Democrats in this year鈥檚 mid-term elections. This follows the intensification in importance of state legislative races that occurred when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, and placed more emphasis on how state鈥檚 approach that issue, and its impact on the daily lives of residents.

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Governor Cooper scores a temporary victory in battle with GOP lawmakers over separation of powers

Rusty Jacobs

A three-judge panel in state court Thursday sided with Cooper and issued a preliminary injunction in his lawsuit to block a Republican-backed law that would strip him of appointment power over state and county elections boards

FILE - John Holman, of Denver, Colo., right, and others with the group "No Labels" take part in a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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'No Labels' movement says it could offer independent presidential ticket in 2024

Associated Press

A national political movement that could offer an independent presidential ticket in 2024 as an alternative to major-party nominees has now won ballot access in 10 states.

Peggy Defenderfer places a test ballot into a tabulator while completing logic and accuracy testing at the Wake County Board of Elections office in Raleigh Thursday afternoon September 15, 2022.

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State elections officials need more money to keep NC voters well informed about rules changes

Rusty Jacobs

A string of recent state Supreme Court decisions and proposed changes by Republican lawmakers have elections administrators scrambling ahead of the 2023 municipal elections.

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NC State Elections Head: Delay '21 City Races, '22 Primary

Associated Press

North Carolina's top elections administrator on Tuesday urged state lawmakers to move all of this year's municipal elections to 2022 and bump back next鈥�

Voting signs were posted outside of White Rock Baptist Church in Durham on Election Day, Nov. 3, 2020.

Politics

More Than 40,000 Provisional Ballots Cast In NC On Election Day

Mitchell Northam

In addition to outstanding mail-in ballots, election officials in North Carolina have another pool of votes to work through.According to a news release鈥�

The front of the North Carolina Legislature building with an American flag and a North Carolina flag out front with two trees on either side

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Lawmakers Returned To Raleigh To Pass Nearly $1 Billion COVID Relief Bill

Amanda Magnus

The North Carolina legislature passed the Coronavirus Relief Act 3.0 Thursday, which allocates the nearly $1 billion left of federal CARES Act money. One鈥�

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Official: NC County Primary Results Wrong Due To Human Error

Associated Press

Unofficial primary results from one north-central North Carolina county were corrected on Thursday after a local elections worker incorrectly uploaded鈥�

Michael Dickerson, director of elections for Mecklenburg County, demonstrating a voting machine.

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State Elections Board Gives Fast-Track Approval To Upgraded Voting Machine

Rusty Jacobs

With the March 3rd primaries just around the corner, the state elections board has OK'd upgrades to a newly approved voting system, allowing the vendor to鈥�

Dan Bishop with a microphone in his hand

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鈥楤athroom Bill鈥� Sponsor Wins 9th District GOP Primary And Other Legislative News

Amanda Magnus

State Sen. Dan Bishop of Mecklenburg County won Tuesday鈥檚 Republican primary election for the 9th Congressional District. Bishop beat out nine other鈥�

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