RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In light of finding Durham County elections workers had counted dozens more votes than had actually been cast, the State Board of Elections has decided to scratch 892 provisional ballots and mail out new ballots to ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina election officials are ready to finalize March 15 primary election results a week before the next primary election is held. The State Board of Elections scheduled a meeting Tuesday to certify the nominees for ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judges’ ruling on North Carolina’s congressional districts this month has turned the primary election on its head. Now there are two primary dates — June 7 for the congressional elections and the previously scheduled ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Twenty-seven candidates for president will appear on North Carolina primary ballots. The State Board of Elections approved Tuesday the slates of Democratic, Republican and Libertarian presidential candidates for the March 15 primary. Depending on which ballot they ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A decision to push back North Carolina’s presidential primary by a few weeks to avoid punishments from national political parties soon could have the General Assembly’s formal final support. The House prepared to vote Wednesday on whether ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina legislative leaders have tentatively settled on shifting the state’s 2016 presidential primary to mid-March, key lawmakers said Saturday in a move that would avoid potential massive state delegate losses to both Democratic and Republican nominating ...

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North Carolina Republicans could lose convention delegates and clout determining their party's presidential nominee unless the date of next year's primary is pushed back. Some House GOP legislators are trying to do just that.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring that “America is coming to help,” President Barack Obama is authorizing U.S. airstrikes if necessary and airdrops of humanitarian aid in northern Iraq to counter advancing Islamic militants and the threat they pose to Americans as ...

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A key North Carolina lawmaker says the legislature is likely to tinker with moving up the state's presidential primaries in 2016 now that Republicans have reinforced punishments for states that try to jump to the front of the line.

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