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    Dec 28

    UPDATE: Cooper’s letter to the two party chairs requested their nominations for the state board by close of business Friday.

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    Dec 28

    NC elections board should be dissolved amid 9th District probe, judges say, by ⁦⁩

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    Dec 28

    General Counsel for the NC State Board of Elections and their work regarding the investigation so far, with today’s pending noon deadline for the current board’s operation:

    From last Friday’s affidavit of Chair submitted by the Governor and General Assembly in joint request to let the sitting Board finish: “[M]ore than 100 interviews...182,000 documents...12 subpoenas.”
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    Dec 27

    So, am going to try and ‘recap’ how we got to this point in and all the different issues/controversies leading up to today’s further bombshell of a court decision, impacting both & . And will try to do so in plain English with story links, so here we go.

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    Dec 27

    3-judge panel that originally struck down the current gave until tomorrow for the board to continue in operation. With the Jan 11 hearing, the court has declined a request to stay that order, since governor’s veto was overridden & new board can be appointed.

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    Dec 27

    Here's our first write-up on new court ruling that will effectively dissolve current NCSBE at noon tomorrow (if NC Sup Ct. doesn't stay). Working to post entire order... For now, come for the few select, fiery quotes

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    Dec 23

    North Carolina's elections board releases affidavits that allege absentee ballots were collected from voters by the man accused of vote fraud, or those working for him.

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    Dec 23

    NC lawmaker says he’s spent almost a year trying to get public records from CMS.

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    Dec 21

    Why did prosecutors sit on evidence of absentee ballot tampering in rural Bladen County, NC for more than two years? Updated story w/ ⁦⁩

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    Dec 21

    NC alerted US attorney of ‘efforts to manipulate’ Bladen elections, 2017 letter shows

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    Dec 21

    Thursday: the Bladen GOP accuses the of failing to properly alert authorities about fraud in the county Friday: letter emerges showing alerted the in January 2017

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    More than a year before the disastrously disputed 2018 election, the alerted prosecutors of absentee ballot fraud in Bladen Co: "If not addressed (this) will likely continue for future elections.”

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    NC alerted US attorney of ‘efforts to manipulate’ Bladen elections, 2017 letter shows

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    Dec 21

    This 2016 story by is trending on our website now, so people are interested in Tony Tata. Who also developed an interesting side gig (now a main gig?) as a prolific author of thrillers. This story by

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  15. Dec 21

    After 13 years leading the Charlotte Chamber, is leaving the new, merged organization (Now Charlotte Regional Business Alliance) and withdrawing from the new group's CEO search.

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    Dec 19

    Tons of amazing details from in latest document dump. Dowless paid $225 for absentee request forms and collecting absentee ballots, per testimony. (with ) Story:

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    Dec 20

    Now a third county is caught up in NC elections board’s ballot investigation

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    Dec 20

    Bladen County GOP chair says he paid Dowless $1,300 on eletion day for poll workers. "However, I never would have done this had I known what the State Board of Elections already knew."

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  19. Dec 20

    Not much of a surprise if you've seen the state of construction lately: Contractor says not even one stretch of the I-77 toll lanes will open this year

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    Dec 20

    McClatchy's , & on the evidence uncovered of absentee ballot harvesting in 2016 by McCrae Dowless & his associates

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