A recount has confirmed Democratic Justice Allison Riggs’ victory over Republican Jefferson Griffin, but Griffin has filed official challenges against 60,000 ballots, including those of Riggs’ parents and a prominent doctor. UPDATE: This post has been changed to...
Democrats looking for signs of growing support around the country found few reasons for optimism this November. Western North Carolina was the exception.
The Republican-controlled General Assembly is using a hurricane relief bill as cover to propose several unrelated provisions that take power away from the governor, attorney general, and other offices Democrats won control of in this month’s elections. UPDATE: The...
Over a 24-hour period following Trump’s election, there was a 4,600% increase in the usage of the phrase “your body, my choice” on X. The phrase has made its way offline as well, with young girls and parents across the country using social media to share instances of harassment involving it.
On Election Day, voters in Colorado, Kentucky, and Nebraska squarely rejected private school choice ballot measures, demonstrating how much voters of all stripes oppose the use of taxpayer dollars to fund private school tuition.
As part of North Carolina's thorough election canvassing process, county boards of elections are still researching provisional ballots to see whether they should be counted, a process that could still affect close contests like the state Supreme Court race between Justice Allison Riggs and Jefferson Griffin, who are separated by fewer than 8,000 votes.
With concerns about potential political and living challenges, Durham community members gathered to create solutions and build a support network against a second Trump administration.
After Election Day results came in, text messages referencing slavery and cotton-picking have targeted men, women, and students of color across the states, sparking outrage and federal investigations.
Republicans no longer have a supermajority in the NC House, but they need only one Democrat to join them, or to simply miss a vote, to still be able to override a veto from Josh Stein. And while Republican leaders have suggested they don't expect a push for further restrictions in 2025, Democrats say they've heard that before.
Donald Trump nominated Kash Patel, a conspiracy theorist who has promised to use the FBI to pursue Trump's political opponents, as FBI director. It is a nomination that epitomizes far-right extremism, write Scott Peoples, a former Army veteran and member of the national group Veterans for Responsible Leadership.
Most of the challenges are of voters whose driver’s license or partial social security number information aren’t included in a state registration database. But there are many reasons that those details could be missing from the database, and the vast majority of voters disenfranchised by such a culling would be lawfully registered voters.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections will hold a hearing on Wednesday to consider challenges to more than 60,000 votes the losing candidate Jefferson Griffin says should not have been counted. Most of those challenges are of voters who are missing some registration information, but there are many valid reasons those details could be missing, and the vast majority of voters disenfranchised by such a culling would be lawfully registered voters.