New absentee voting numbers reveal that 501 ballots have been returned and processed by the county boards of elections for the May 8 Primary Election. Pitt County continues to lead the way with 120, followed by Mecklenburg with 53 and Guilford with 42 returned ballots. Statewide, Democrats have returned 246 ballots, Republicans 158, unaffiliated voters [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Civitas Vote Tracker is Back
Today is the first day of NC Vote Tracker during this 2012 Election Year. The first votes we will see on Vote Tracker will be from absentee by mail ballots. According to the State Board of Elections: Absentee ballots are available 60 days prior to a statewide general election, 30 days prior to all municipal [...]
Taxpayer-Financed Campaign Funds Drying Up
WRAL has this update into the current state of the public campaign finance fund – a topic my Civitas colleague Matt Willoughby wrote about in early Feb. – which appears to have dwindled down to only half a million dollars. The state first funded a voter-owned elections pilot in 2008 for candidates running for state auditor, [...]
Come Hear Experts Discuss Supreme Court’s Obamacare Arguments
In case you have come down with an acute case of March Madness and have lost track of political news, the Supreme Court begins today hearing arguments in the legal challenge to Obamacare. The N&O has a brief rundown on the details here. Also, be sure to register for the Civitas Institute’s luncheon discussion this Wed. [...]
WCPSS and School Personnel Changes
With the Wake County Board of Education now considering a budget for the state’s largest school system, the air is rife with talk about budget reductions and how Wake County Public Schools (WCPSS) would be hardpressed to endure more layoffs. How did last year’s state budget impact WCPSS staffing? The listing below reflects personnel changes [...]
