ATLANTA (AP) — A group of Black voters say it’s time for a federal judge to redraw the electoral map for a five-member Georgia utility regulator commission, after state lawmakers failed to draw their own map in the 2023 session. ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — A self-styled far-right propagandist from Florida was convicted Friday of charges alleging that he conspired to deprive individuals of their right to vote in the 2016 presidential election. Douglass Mackey, 33, of West Palm Beach, Florida, ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The headliners for North Carolina’s primary on Tuesday include Republicans challenging for an open U.S. Senate seat and candidates hoping to give the GOP a shot at veto-proof majorities in the Legislature. Getting less billing, but ...

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By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s highest court on Wednesday pushed back the March election primaries for legislative, congressional and judicial seats to give state courts time to review lawsuits claiming the Republican-controlled legislature ...

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  A party to a quasi-judicial protest proceeding is entitled to absolute privilege in a libel suit being brought by a group of plaintiffs who were falsely accused of double voting in the 2016 election—but the lawyers, law firm and ...

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North Carolina voters have spoken, although in some races it will still be a few more days until we find out what exactly they’ve said. By the end of the night on Nov. 3, the state’s board of elections had ...

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Hundreds of lawsuits about voting have been filed before the Nov. 3 election. The cases concern the fundamentals of the American democratic process, including how ballots are cast and counted. Some of the challenges are being fronted by legal teams ...

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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s and Democratic rival Joe Biden’s campaigns are assembling armies of powerful lawyers for the possibility that the race for the White House is decided not ...

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By JONATHAN DREW Associated Press North Carolina can accept absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day for more than a week afterward, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals declined to block an extension ...

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By JONATHAN DREW Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge leveled sharp criticism on Wednesday against a procedure giving North Carolina voters more leeway to fix witness problems on absentee ballots, but declined to immediately rule in a ...

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