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Election 2024

Op-Ed: How do we find candidates who represent the working class? This election shows that those who lead us should be the same people who make our society go.

This presidential election, the economy was top of mind for most voters, as we grapple with high inflation, low wages, and an out-of-balance housing market. Instead of electing people with similar personal concerns, most of those who make under $100,000 chose President-elect Donald Trump.

Election 2024 - Cardinal & Pine
Jefferson Griffin

Jefferson Griffin’s attempt to throw out 65,000 votes finally gets a court hearing on the merits

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There have been several previous rulings in separate courts, both state and federal, but those dealt with procedural issues. On Friday, a state judge will hear the first arguments about the fundamental questions at hand. 
NC Supreme Court Election 2024

NC Board of Elections and voting rights groups move to end Griffin’s attempt to overturn election

On January 1, Riggs, the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBOE), and voting rights groups, filed briefs in federal court in the case of Griffin v. North Carolina State Board of Elections, seeking to end Griffin’s attempts to drag the process out.
Karen Brinson Bell

A powerful NC lawmaker spread misinformation about elections. Here’s what NC’s top election official has to say about it.

Every word of NC election chief Karen Brinson Bell's rebuttal of misinformation spread by NC Senate President Phil Berger.
NC Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs

OPINION: Tight NC Supreme Court race proves again that every single vote matters

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The election of a crucial seat on North Carolina’s highest court, which could have outsized power over abortion rights and democracy, looks like it will come down to about 600 votes.
Election 2024 - Cardinal & Pine

Op-Ed: How do we find candidates who represent the working class? This election shows that those who lead us should be the same people who make our society go.

This presidential election, the economy was top of mind for most voters, as we grapple with high inflation, low wages, and an out-of-balance housing market. Instead of electing people with similar personal concerns, most of those who make under $100,000 chose President-elect Donald Trump.
NC Supreme Court Election 2024

Democrat Allison Riggs moves closer to victory in NC Supreme Court race

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A recount has been ordered, but the 625-vote margin is likely too big for Republican Jefferson Griffin to make up. At the official end of the state’s vote-counting process, Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat, leads her Republican opponent Jefferson Griffin by 625 votes, a margin small enough to qualify for a recount but […]