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A North Carolina legislator’s recent complaint about judicial elections featured an inaccurate claim about their history. State Sen. Sydney Batch, a Wake County Democrat who is the chamber’s ...
North Carolina’s judicial elections were partisan throughout most of the 20th century, when Democrats controlled the state Legislature.
A Democratic lawmaker wants judicial elections in North Carolina determined by nonpartisan contests.
North Carolina's Republican state auditor has made appointments to a new State Board of Elections because an appeals court said a law can still be enforced while it is challenged by Democratic Gov.
Democratic lawmakers in North Carolina supported partisan judicial elections throughout the 20th Century, when Democrats made up the biggest voting bloc in the state.
The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled on Friday that more than 60,000 ballots cast in November by voters in a close race for a seat on the state's high court could be counted, but it left open ...
In North Carolina, we agree to respect judicial rulings because we chose the judges and trust them to be fair. But partisan elections call this arrangement into question.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Republican state auditor made appointments to a new State Board of Elections on Thursday, the day after an appeals court agreed a law shifting that power ...
North Carolina Top Court Rules to Count Most Ballots Challenged in Judicial Race By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled on Friday that more than 60,000 ballots cast in ...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's elections board became a Republican majority on Thursday as the GOP state auditor appointed a new panel one day after an appeals court ruled a law shifting ...