Rusty Jacobs, WUNC
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Claims of fraud like double voting against duly registered North Carolina voters turned out to be false. The state Court of Appeals ruled in 2021 the lawyers and committee behind the false claims were not immune from defamation lawsuits.
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Western Carolina University Political Science Professor Chris Cooper says young voter turnout this year could swing outcomes in tight statewide races for attorney general, governor, and president.
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While primary votes have been cast in North Carolina, election administrators still have a lot of work to do. Over the next 10 days, county elections boards will go through the vote certification process.
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Early in-person voting starts Thursday. For many North Carolina voters it will be the first time they cast a ballot under a photo ID law drafted in 2018.
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Requested absentee ballots started getting sent out on January 19th.
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Jill Biden will makes stop by Forsyth Technical Community College to talk about the economy. Her visit marks the third high-profile visit by the White House in recent weeks.
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A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of Black voters and groups like the NAACP accuses North Carolina lawmakers of drawing racially biased state legislative and Congressional maps.
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State House Speaker Tim Moore has filed to run for Congress next year in a district that a federal lawsuit claims has been racially gerrymandered by GOP lawmakers.
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A group of Black and Latino voters is suing top Republican state lawmakers in federal court over North Carolina's newly drawn Congressional map.
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A hearing in Wake County Superior Court Thursday could help determine whether Republican legislators went too far with a law aimed at reshaping North Carolina's state and local elections boards.