News

The election director in North Carolina, a key swing state, is ousted after a Republican power play
Meeting for the first time with its new GOP majority, the North Carolina State Board of Elections agreed in a party-line vote ...
Ousted top NC election official urges civility toward ‘caretakers of our democracy’
The former North Carolina elections director who was ousted this week after a politically motivated move by Republicans she ...
The Associated Press on MSN12d
North Carolina auditor names elections board members after judges let law stand during appeal
North Carolina’s Republican state auditor has started making appointments to a new State Board of Elections because an ...
GOP auditor uses his new appointment power to give Republicans control over NC elections board
The power shift upends the practice in place for over a century in which the governor alone has had the power to appoint ...
The Associated Press on MSN13d
North Carolina court says stripping governor of election board appointments can go ahead for now
A North Carolina appeals court has ruled that a law stripping the governor’s authority to appoint State Board of Elections ...
SFGate6d
The election director in North Carolina, a key swing state, is ousted after a Republican power play
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina elections board ousted its widely ... The GOP has tried several times since 2016 to remove the governor’s authority to choose members of the election ...
Raleigh News & Observer12d
GOP auditor uses his new appointment power to give Republicans control over NC elections board
In 2016, as head of the Civitas Institute, he sued to delay the final vote count in North Carolina’s elections. His challenge dealt with voters who used same-day registration, which allows ...