After the end of each exhausting Presidential election campaign, the vast majority of Americans finally get a chance to catch their breath and enjoy turning their attention to other matters. But for the small cadre of lawyers who practice election ...

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  Back in October, we encouraged attorneys to step up to help North Carolina election officials avoid a crisis as COVID-19 threatened to create a critical shortage of Election Day volunteers. Like many attorneys across the state, I took our ...

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By MARK SHERMAN and JONATHAN DREW Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will allow absentee ballots in North Carolina to be received and counted up to nine days after Election Day. The justices, by a 5-3 vote Wednesday, ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The options to vote in North Carolina are dwindling as Election Day nears. Voters who wanted to cast a traditional mail-in absentee ballot had until 5 p.m. Tuesday to request one through their county board or ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s elections board won’t try to stop enforcement of a court ruling that would allow more convicted felons to vote this fall, state Attorney General Josh Stein announced Thursday. Legislators still could appeal last week’s ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina NAACP has asked a judge to bar the use of a touch-screen voting machine in several counties due to what it says are heightened risks associated with using them during the coronavirus pandemic. ...

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Supreme Court justices invoked fears of bribery and chaos Wednesday to suggest they think states can require presidential electors to back their states’ popular vote winner in the Electoral College. The justices heard arguments on an unusual voting issue that ...

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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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