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December 21, 2018 at 10:05 am

North Carolina’s top court: Legislators can confirm Cabinet

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's highest court on Friday upheld a law subjecting the governor's choices to run his top agencies to confirmation votes...

December 21, 2018 at 9:11 am

North Carolina asked feds to open vote fraud case last year

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's top elections official issued an urgent plea nearly two years ago for the Trump administration to file criminal charges...

December 19, 2018 at 1:03 pm

North Carolina officials sought to charge political operator

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina officials sought criminal charges after the 2016 election against the man now at the center of absentee ballot fraud...

December 19, 2018 at 12:58 pm

New voter ID law immediately challenged in N Carolina court

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina law detailing a new voter photo identification requirement got challenged in court Wednesday mere moments after the Republican-led...

December 14, 2018 at 2:18 pm

North Carolina governor vetoes latest voter ID legislation

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday vetoed legislation implementing a voter photo identification mandate that was added to the state's constitution...

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December 12, 2018 at 1:28 pm

Amid fraud probe, an election redo might require new primary

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — With ballot fraud allegations hanging over a disputed North Carolina U.S. House race, state lawmakers have agreed to change the way...

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December 11, 2018 at 5:09 pm

GOP chairman: Vote tally sharing would warrant new election

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's Republican Party chairman said Tuesday that the state should order a new election in an unresolved congressional race if...

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December 10, 2018 at 3:07 pm

More time may be needed for North Carolina election decision

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The head of North Carolina's elections board is suggesting more time may be needed to decide whether a new congressional district...

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December 7, 2018 at 2:37 pm

Absentee vote changes may have invited ‘ballot harvesting’

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Changes made to absentee voting procedures five years ago in North Carolina may have emboldened workers to run the type of...

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FILE – In this Nov. 7, 2018, file photo, Mark Harris speaks to the media during a news conference in Matthews, N.C. The nation’s last unresolved fall congressional race with Harris against Democrat Dan McCready is awash in doubt as North Carolina election investigators concentrate on a rural county where absentee-ballot fraud allegations are so flagrant they’ve put the Election Day result into question. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File) AX110 AX110

December 6, 2018 at 9:42 am

North Carolina Democrat drops race concession amid probe

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Democrat trailing in a North Carolina congressional race withdrew his concession Thursday as state election officials investigated allegations of absentee...

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