RALEIGH (AP) Legal motions by North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and interest groups to keep constitutional amendments proposed by the Republican-controlled General Assembly off November ballots are back in court. A three-judge panel scheduled arguments Aug. 15 on requests by ...

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RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina’s five living former governors are meeting to oppose constitutional amendments on November ballots that would swing powers involving judicial vacancies and state boards from the executive branch to the legislature. Democrats Jim Hunt, Mike Easley and ...

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RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and other opponents of legislative Republicans filed a flurry of late-hour lawsuits Aug. 6 to block referendums on constitutional amendments and to let a Supreme Court candidate disclose his party affiliation on ballots. ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A state panel that will provide explanations to voters on six proposed amendments to the North Carolina Constitution on November ballots is inviting the public to offer suggestions. The Constitutional Amendments Publication Commission meets July 31 to prepare ...

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RALEIGH (AP) Republican lawmakers are advancing fragments of a statewide remapping of North Carolina’s judicial election districts in hopes of passing them before candidate filing for judges begins in just over two weeks. A House committee voted late June 1 ...

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