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Christian prayer before public meetings in North Carolina is a constitutional no-no, a federal magistrate there ruled this month.
Voters have narrowly elected a Democrat to lead Charlotte, North Carolina's largest city. With most of the votes counted, Anthony Foxx was leading challenger John Lassiter, a Republican, by nearly 3,000 votes out of 105,000 cast. But Lassiter conceded defeat before the final, unofficial results were released by the Mecklenburg Board of Elections.
Voters have narrowly elected a Democrat to lead Charlotte, North Carolina's largest city.
Election Day came and went very quietly across North Carolina on Tuesday. If you voted, you were among the few. There was a massive dropoff in voter turnout from last year’s record showing for the presidential election.
Residents of towns and cities across the mountains will go to the polls Tuesday, casting ballots in races where some candidates have spent thousands of dollars and others none at all.
Voters cast their ballots Tuesday in municipal elections. Many North Carolina towns voted for local leadership – from mayor to city council to school board.
Just a year ago, North Carolina voters trooped to the polls and in a record turnout gave Barack Obama a razor-thin win here, helping him gain the presidency.
The polls are open in North Carolina from 6:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Wow, it's a rare day when a call for a criminal investigation of a former governor is a win for everyone involved. But if the reactions flooding my inbox are any indication, that's the case today.
RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 31 (UPI) -- A special prosecutor will take over the case of former North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley's alleged violations of state campaign finance laws.
State elections officials decided today to ask for a criminal investigation of the campaign finances of former governor Mike Easley. Laura Leslie reports.
NC panel penalizes former gov, asks for probe
In contrast to Wake County's contentious school board race and the sweeping change it promises for North Carolina's largest district, the contest for three Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board seats comes off as quiet and quaint.
Members of what's known as the SWAT team — Burke County Board of Education candidates Susan Stroup, Sam Wilkinson, Buddy Armour and Catherine Thomas — violated North Carolina's campaign-finance laws, according to the N.C. State Board of Elections.
North Carolina elections officials penalized former Gov. Mike Easley's campaign $100,000 Friday for not reporting flights provided by a political ally and asked prosecutors to investigate whether he or others broke laws by trying to hide them or other expenses.
Day Four of the Easley hearings was a drawn-out, interesting-in-a-boring-way affair. If you’re a campaign finance geek like I am, it was fascinating. If not, it was pretty deadly.
