Monthly Archives: January 2012

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    Jan
    23

    SC Attorney General: Hundreds of Dead Citizens Have Voted in Recent Elections

    Posted in Elections & Campaigns By Neal Inman | Tagged ,

    According to South Carolina’s Republican Attorney General,  recent South Carolina elections have featured hundreds of dead citizens voting. From the AP: COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina’s attorney general has notified the U.S. Justice Department of potential voter fraud. Attorney General Alan Wilson sent details of an analysis by the Department of Motor Vehicles to U.S. [...]

  2. Jan
    21

    Art Pope Exposed – By the Raleigh N&O

    Posted in Elections & Campaigns, Politicians & Politicking By Francis De Luca | Tagged , , , ,

    On Friday The Raleigh news and Observer ran columnist Burgetta Eplin Wheeler’s: Let’s not demonize Art Pope. Finally a story that not only tried to capture the Art Pope that a lot of people know, but got the facts right for a change. This is not the first article to accurately portray Art Pope, but [...]

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    Jan
    20

    State Board of Elections Impartiality Comes Into Question

    Posted in Elections & Campaigns, Politicians & Politicking By Susan Myrick | Tagged ,

    What are we to think when we find a link leading to a far-left fringe group’s web page on the State Board of Election’s (SBOE) website.  The link leads directly from the SBOE site to Democracy NC’s tirade against Art Pope. Art Pope is the CEO of Variety Wholesale and Chairman of the John William [...]

  4. Jan
    20

    Judges Deny Request to Delay Primary Elections

    Posted in Elections & Campaigns By Matt Willoughby | Tagged

    A three judge panel has rejected a motion to delay the primary elections while a lawsuit is heard over the legislative redistricting maps. The NAACP and other liberal groups argued the redistricting plans discriminated against minorities by splitting precincts and packing minorities into districts. But attorneys for the state countered the maps drawn by the [...]

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    Jan
    20

    Gov. Perdue refuses to state when “temporary” tax would expire

    Posted in Budget & Taxes By Clark Riemer | Tagged , , , , , ,

    Gov. Beverley Perdue is refusing to state when her newly proposed “temporary” sales-tax increase would expire. According to the Charlotte Observer, at an event in Charlotte, NC Gov. Perdue fielded questions form reporters on her plan to increase the sales tax in North Carolina by 15%: In speaking with reporters after her speech, Perdue said [...]