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Democrat Josh Stein has already sued to block legislative Republicans from taking away his powers
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North Carolina trial judges have dismissed a lawsuit challenging redrawn legislative and congressional district lines on the argument that they run afoul of an indirect constitutional right to "fair elections." The judges wrote this week that a recent affirmation by the state Supreme Court that redistricting policy decisions are left to the General Assembly still applies.
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A divided North Carolina election board has blocked for now the official party recognition of political groups that collected signatures and want Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West on this fall鈥檚 presidential ballot.
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The start of the end of Reconstruction in the South happened during the 1874 election season. That鈥檚 what an author argues in a deeply-researched new book 鈥淪heridan's Secret Mission: How the South Won the War After the Civil War.鈥 It includes the story of a Union General who helped stop a group of white men attempting to overthrow the fairly elected Louisiana state government when the new legislators were to be installed in January 1875.
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Scores of candidates filed for nearly a dozen high-profile elected positions in North Carolina where the incumbents aren't running in 2024 because of redistricting, retirements or term limits.
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Durham and Chapel Hill are among the North Carolina cities and towns with new mayors after Tuesday's election.
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For 2023 municipal elections, WHQR's Kelly Kenoyer asked Wilmington citizens what issues they think City Council should focus on.
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A federal lawsuit has been filed by a union-affiliated group that challenges North Carolina laws requiring citizens to reside in the state and within a precinct at least 30 days before an election date to be eligible to vote.
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A GOP-sponsored bill in the North Carolina General Assembly would make it easier for election conspiracy theorists to obtain confidential voting records.
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a sweeping Republican elections bill that would end a grace period for voting by mail and make new allowances for partisan poll observers.