2020 Election

Some GOP voters to hold onto mail ballots until Election Day

October 27, 2022 The Associated Press

ATLANTA — Republican activists who believe the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump have crafted a plan that, in their telling, will thwart cheating in this year’s midterm elections. The strategy: Vote […]

North Carolina AG in legal bind amid probe over 2020 TV ad

August 12, 2022 Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

RALEIGH — The campaign committee for North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, facing trouble for a TV ad aired against a rival in 2020, plans to ask a federal court to block enforcement of a […]

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Report shows big spike in mail ballots during 2020 election

August 19, 2021 Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press

ATLANTA — Fewer than one-third of voters casting ballots in last year’s U.S. presidential election did so at a polling place on Election Day, as the coronavirus pandemic led states to greatly expand mail-in balloting […]

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Swiss billionaire’s millions may have come to North Carolina

May 12, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A report detailing millions of dollars being channeled into a Democrat redistricting group led by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has implications for North Carolina. The Washington Free Beacon recently reported that […]

State elections director grilled about 2020 “secret” consent agreement

March 24, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The Senate Redistricting and Elections Committee held a hearing questioning State Board of Elections (NCSBE) executive director Karen Brinson Bell about her conduct and her role in a consent agreement that effectively changed […]

Wealthy voters are ‘mythical middle’ in Georgia Senate races

December 28, 2020 Jeff Amy, Associated Press

ATLANTA — At Atlanta’s Chastain Park, investment bank logos abut ads for pizza joints and dentists on the outfield fences of the baseball diamonds. Sprinkled among Dodges and Toyotas are Audis and Alfa Romeos. Some […]

Michigan canvasser still afraid after threat, suspect arrest

December 27, 2020 Corey Williams, Associated Press

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — The Republican chair of a county canvassing board in Michigan who initially refused to certify local election results said Thursday that she doesn’t know a woman charged with sending her threatening […]

Harris, Ivanka Trump stump in Georgia ahead of Senate runoff

December 22, 2020 Ben Nadler and Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press

MILTON, Ga. — Campaigning in Georgia on Monday, presumptive Vice President-elect Kamala Harris stressed a need to elect Democratic U.S. Senate candidates who will advance Joe Biden’s agenda. Ivanka Trump, meanwhile, warned that failing to […]

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EXCLUSIVE: Chief Justice-elect Paul Newby discusses historic win

December 16, 2020 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — In a year where North Carolina saw multiple close races, the state Supreme Court’s 2020 chief justice race was the closest, with a 401-vote difference between the winner, Republican current Associate Justice Paul […]

Early in-person voting begins in Georgia Senate runoffs

December 14, 2020 Jeff Amy, Associated Press

ATLANTA — What could be the main event in Georgia’s twin U.S. Senate runoffs — early in-person voting — got underway Monday, with lines tending to be shorter than during the first days of early […]

2020 Election

Some GOP voters to hold onto mail ballots until Election Day

North Carolina AG in legal bind amid probe over 2020 TV ad

Report shows big spike in mail ballots during 2020 election

Swiss billionaire’s millions may have come to North Carolina

Wealthy voters are ‘mythical middle’ in Georgia Senate races

Michigan canvasser still afraid after threat, suspect arrest

Harris, Ivanka Trump stump in Georgia ahead of Senate runoff

EXCLUSIVE: Chief Justice-elect Paul Newby discusses historic win

Early in-person voting begins in Georgia Senate runoffs

The governor’s spending plan raises average educator salaries by 11% and rolls back the state’s Opportunity Scholarship program
Stein proposes $35B budget

The governor’s spending plan raises average educator salaries by 11% and rolls back the state’s Opportunity Scholarship program