North Carolina legislators were forced to scramble back to Raleigh this week for a hastily convened extra session to try to deal with some of the unintended consequences of recent changes to the state’s election laws. Lawmakers are pushing two ...

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When they go to the polls this fall, North Carolina’s voters will be asked to sign off on a new process for filling vacancies in the state’s judiciary—but legislation that would be needed to implement the changes has yet to ...

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RALEIGH (AP) Early voting sites this fall in at least two North Carolina counties will be decided by state officials after local boards couldn’t agree on hours or locations. Media outlets reported the Wake and Orange election boards deadlocked July ...

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RALEIGH (AP) Gov. Roy Cooper has signed the only piece of legislation the North Carolina General Assembly had on his desk when it adjourned — one that restored early in-person voting on the Saturday before Election Day this year only. ...

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RALEIGH (AP) Republicans in one General Assembly chamber stayed late June 25 to put several proposed constitutional amendments on North Carolina ballots in November, including those to require photo identification to vote and to change how judicial vacancies are filled. The ...

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RALEIGH (AP) Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes add more uncertainty to already unusual state elections this fall for judges and in races where new political parties want to field candidates. Cooper announced June 15 – less than three hours before a ...

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RALEIGH (AP) There’s another new official political party in North Carolina that can field candidates in November’s general elections. The state elections board voted June 6 to recognize the Constitution Party of North Carolina after group members collected more than 12,000 ...

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RALEIGH (AP) Hundreds filed for congressional, legislative and county positions Feb. 12 as the North Carolina candidate period opened, but not before yet another court ruling was issued from reams of pending litigation seeking to alter more districts or filing dates. ...

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Cooper v. Berger (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-006-18, 74 pp.) (Sam Ervin IV, J.) (Mark Martin, C.J., joined by Barbara Jackson, J., dissenting) (Paul Newby, J., dissenting separately) Appealed from a three-judge panel of the Superior Court in Wake County. N.C. ...

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RALEIGH (AP) The North Carolina General Assembly has given final approval to Republican legislation that would make elections for local court judgeships officially partisan races again. The House agreed March 8 to slight changes made by the Senate to the ...

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