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2024 Year In Review: NC General Assembly overrode 10 vetoes in election year

December 26, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly saw moderate activity during the 2024 session during an election year where Republicans saw gains nationally but lost their supermajority in the state legislature. While Donald Trump won […]

Justice For All Party certified following court order

August 30, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The North Carolina State Board of Elections approved the Justice For All Party to be certified at its Aug. 20 meeting following an Aug. 12 federal court ruling ordering the agency to do so. There was no […]

Lawsuits challenge NC State Board of Elections over party certifications

August 1, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Two lawsuits filed last week against the North Carolina State Board of Elections could impact what names show up on the November ballot. The first lawsuit, filed on July 22 against the North […]

NC Board of Elections sidesteps changing decision to keep RFK Jr., West off ballot

July 9, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The North Carolina State Board of Elections did not overturn an earlier decision to keep two of three proposed political parties off the state’s November presidential ballot at its meeting Tuesday. During the […]

North Carolina party recognition for groups seeking RFK Jr., West on ballot stopped for now

June 27, 2024 Gary D. Robertson, The Associated Press

RALEIGH — A divided North Carolina election board decided Wednesday to scrutinize further the attempts by political organizations to become official state parties by collecting signatures, with the goals of their supporters to get Robert F. […]