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North Carolina judges open door to tossing 60,000 ballots in high court race

A North Carolina appeals court on Friday sided with a Republican candidate for a seat on the state's top court who is contesting the results of last November's election by finding that thousands of the ballots cast should not be counted unless voters can swiftly fix issues with their voter registration.

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North Carolina court opens door to tossing tens of thousands of votes in state Supreme Court election

After a Democratic incumbent appeared to have narrowly won, her Republican challenger sued in a case that has been ongoing since November.

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New court decision in a disputed North Carolina race means 65,000 votes are a step closer to be being thrown out

A three-judge panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled Friday that more than 65,000 votes cast in the contested race for the state Supreme Court in 2024 must be recounted and verified — a win for the Republican candidate in the razor-thin,

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NC rallies on Saturday will tap anger over Trump’s orders and Musk’s cuts, but is it enough to force change? | Opinion

Large puppets of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk make their way across the street from the N.C. Legislature, Wednesday, ...

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A political power grab redirected funds for North Carolina’s sexual abuse survivors. Women in crisis paid the price.

The changes in how money was distributed affected organizations like the Orange County Rape Crisis Center, as well as some of ...

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A Judge Lost His Election. He Asked His Colleagues to Declare Him the Winner Anyway.

On Friday, lawyers for Judge Jefferson Griffin asked his colleagues on the North Carolina Court of Appeals to retroactively ...

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Gov. Stein’s first budget isn’t about passing — it’s about a new kind of positioning | Opinion

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. There’s an old joke in North Carolina politics: The governor’s budget is ...

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North Carolina Senate Republicans pick Lee as next majority leader

North Carolina Senate Republicans chose a new majority leader on Tuesday, elevating a veteran lawmaker who has won close ...

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Fact Check: Does NC have a long history of nonpartisan judicial elections?

They dominated North Carolina state politics. But in the late 1990s ... So we rated this mostly false. WUNC did issue a correction about the senator’s claim on the next episode of its ...

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Former NC Gov. Pat McCrory says transgender restrictions are 'more complex' than bathrooms

It's a very emotional issue." McCrory acknowledged that many cite this controversy as the reason he narrowly lost his reelection campaign in 2016. It put North Carolina in the national spotlight ...

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A still-unresolved North Carolina court election is back before judges next week

RALEIGH, N.C. — A panel from North Carolina's intermediate-level appeals ... attorneys said having a thorough review of more than 30 issues presented by legal parties in the protests by a ...

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19,000 people with disabilities are waiting for services. NC lawmakers seek funding to help

Hundreds of advocates for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities visited the North Carolina legislature this ...

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