A new poll shows that voters are almost evenly split on whether to vote for Democrats or Republicans in the legislature.
Public Policy Polling asked 593 North Carolina voters which party they would prefer if legislative elections were held today. According to the poll, 43 percent would vote Democratic, 42 [...]
Oh goodness, so much to do before the snow comes and school closes early. So I’ll just hit it quick for now and get back later:
*Yours truly discusses taxpayer-funded elections in the aftermath of the Chapel Hill mayor’s race;
*Heaven forbid schools suspend unruly students;
*This week’s Rhino [...]
What was Ruffin Poole’s secret “privilege” that caused a Superior Court judge to rule that Poole need not testify before the State Board of Elections in its investigation of former Gov. Mike Easley’s campaign finances? Was it attorney-client privilege? Some sort of executive privilege, since Poole was Easley’s general [...]
Ruffin Poole, a key aide to former Gov. Mike Easley, asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in refusing to answer any questions of the State Board of Elections on Thursday.
Poole has become a central figure in the investigation against Easley. His lawyer, Joseph Zeszotarski Jr., at [...]
In this letter to the State Board of Elections, dated July 31, 2009, Bev Perdue’s campaign treasurer Oscar N. Harris refers to a letter the campaign wrote to the State Board of Elections dated January 25, 2008.
The July 2009 letter states that the January 2008 letter explains that the [...]
N.C. Republican Party Chairman Tom Fetzer said last week's disclosure of five more unreported, free flights taken by Gov. Bev Perdue provide more reason to investigate her campaign finances.
Fetzer filed a complaint with the State Board of Elections in October asking for an investigation of [...]
Correspondence from the Perdue Campaign to the State Board of Elections revealed that there are 6 more flights that were previously unreported. Four of the newly reported flights (2 in 2004, 1 in 2005 and 1 in 2006) were provided by Raleigh attorney Terence McEnally III. McEnally bought the local newspaper La Conexion in [...]
Folks in the state progressive community should take note today of the ten-year anniversary of the reform coalition known as N.C. Voters for Clean Elections. The group, whose director Chase Foster is a regular contributor to the Progressive Pulse, has produced an impressive and [...]
Sixty-one days.
In sixty-one days, the filing period will begin for races including the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House, the state Senate, the state House, county commissioners, and other public offices in this great state of North Carolina.
On Feb. 8, county Board of Elections, from Murphy to Manteo, will open up [...]
The State Board of Elections will call Ruffin Poole to testify next week about the campaign finances of former Gov. Mike Easley.
Poole was called to testify in the board's October hearings, but a judge quashed the subpoena. The N.C. Court of Appeals overruled that decision [...]
You might remember a month ago after the Republicans swept the Wake County School Board elections that Clay Aiken came out and publicly denounced their plans to do away with “diversity” busing. His words caused him a minor controversy of his own as he was outed (yet again) as still [...]
The News & Observer reports that singer Clay Aiken calls the challenge to his voter registration a “technical dispute.” Well, yes, issues of compliance with the law are, indeed, “technical.” The Wake County Board of Elections will handle the issue in a hearing this morning.
His registration aside, Clay [...]
Dozens of supporters of President Barack Obama will gather in Raleigh and Charlotte Saturday for training in ways to support Obama on issues such as health care and in future elections.
The workshops are designed to train volunteers to lead "Rapid Response Teams" that can activate people to lobby Congress [...]
The extra eyeballs at the N.C. State Board of Elections are catching errors on some very recognizable campaign finance reports.
Over the past several months, elections officials have asked for missing information from the campaigns of Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton, Secretary of State Elaine Marshall, Senate Republican Leader [...]
Triad Watch breaks the story on the State Board of Elections’ audit of Sen. Phil Berger’s campaign finance reports; the N&R follows up.
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