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Elections & Campaigns Archives
- Aug30
Meet Thomas Ross and his Lefty Friends
After an abrupt vote by the Board of Governors, Thomas Ross, former Superior Court Judge and Executive Director of left-wing charitable organization Z. Smith Reynolds, becomes next in line to be President of the UNC system. Now he will preside over 200,000 students at 16 campuses across the state. A quick look into his background, [...]
- 2Aug18
Who is Investigating Who
If Gary Bartlett is willing to sacrifice his reputation and the reputation of the State Board of Elections by hiring, protecting and defending four inexperienced, unqualified, old hometown friends, what will he do to protect the people that give him money and power? The people who provide him with money and power are Governor Perdue, [...]
- 2Aug09
Printelect Involved in Entire Ballot Process
The News and Observer and the Charlotte Observer have concentrated on the fact that Printelect prints the majority of ballots used in every election in NC (86 out of 100 counties) and that they charge considerably more than other printers. They have also pointed out that Printelect is the sole agent for Election Systems and [...]
- Aug06
Government finally cuts the fat!
Our friends down at Wilmington Rants have broken a major story about politicians cutting fat…unfortunately we are not talking about government spending, we are talking about real fat. The Wilmington Mayor and New Hanover County Commission Chair have a weight lost contest that is being publicized using tax dollars. So no cost cutting – actually more spending. Read [...]
- Aug05
The Voter Registration Trend Continues
Since July 3, 2010 voter registration has increased by 27,525 statewide. The breakdown by party: +3,684 Democrat +7,197 Republican +486 Libertarian +16,158 Unaffiliated
- 1Aug05
Larry Leake must go!
This story about Larry Leake is just the latest in a long growing list of reasons why he should resign immediately. He has been on the board for far too long and it is time to go. By inserting himself into an ongoing investigation he has disqualified himself from sitting as a member of the board [...]
- Aug03
Politicians Refuse Accountability in Ethics Bill
One can only speculate why the ethics bill signed yesterday by Governor Perdue did not include a provision that would make politicians personally liable for campaign finance penalties. Perhaps it has something to do with the ongoing drama that is the Perdue Campaign and its failure to report $56,000 in flights taken during the 2004 [...]
- 1Aug02
Big Oil, Big Tobacco & Big Ed?
Education Next has an eye-opening article on the growing influence of teachers unions, especially in political campaigns. How powerful are the unions? According to the Center for Responsive Politics and the National Institute on Money in State Politics: In the 2007-08 election cycle, total spending on state and federal campaigns, political parties, and ballot measures [...]
- 1Jul28
Basnight Fundraiser Advertised Via Public Listserv
A political fundraiser for State Senate Pro-Tem Marc Basnight (D-Dare) was advertised via a publicly funded e-mail list according to a news report. An invitation to the event was sent to the town of Kill Devil Hills e-mail list. Using the town e-mail list was unethical, but news reports suggest that the entire episode was [...]
- Jul22
The Civitas Report
NAACP uses busing rally to motivate voter base http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbn_moShw14
- Jul19
Wake Diversity Policy is a Potential Election Issue
Per the News & Observer, recent legislation commissioned a group to study the impact of school assignment policies based on socioeconomic status, which, by proxy, is an unabashedly racial policy. The study commission will examine whether the socioeconomic (race) based assignment policies, that lead to busing students long distances in an effort to achieve racially diverse [...]
- Jul15
Elaine Marshall 2nd Quarter Report Found
It looks like candidates for federal office submit a campain disclosure report to the State Board of Elections. Here is Burr’s for this last Quarter. I found Marshall’s report on the FEC website. It looks like she has: Latest Cash On Hand: $186,353 Debts Owed By: $71,500
- 2Jul15
Has Elaine Marshall Quit?
I had to ask a co-worker if Elaine Marshall was the candidate running against Richard Burr for his Senate seat? Burr has $6.3 million in the bank. Then I called the State Board of Elections and they confirmed that the report on their site was the report that Marshall submitted. Look at this report and let me [...]
- Jul15
North Carolina GOP fundraising way up but there’s still a gap
The Charlotte Observer is reporting North Carolina Republicans fundraising for legislative races has nearly doubled. Jim Morril writes: Second-quarter reports show that GOP fundraising for state races this election cycle is up 75percent from July 2008, while the Democratic Party’s has fallen 62percent. Republican leaders in the House and Senate have smaller pots in hand [...]
- 1Jul14
Investigate the State Board of Elections?
Did the Executive Director and the Chairman of the North Carolina Board of Elections (SBOE) really make changes to an investigative report prepared by its own investigators? If so, it’s time for an outside investigation into the State Board of Elections. WRAL has reported that sources told them Gary Bartlett, executive director, and “Chairman of [...]
- 1Jul10
You can still “pay to play”
State legislators left town early Saturday morning after passing an ethics package but it was missing a key provision. Campaign finance reform advocates wanted a new rule limiting contributions from contractors who deal with state agencies. It would also curtail donations from managers of financial funds to a candidate for State Treasurer. A source told [...]
- Jul09
Legislative District Polling from This Week
In case you missed any of our press releases on this week’s polling of competitive state House and Senate districts links are below: SD 19: Republican Wesley Meredith leads Democratic Senator Margaret Dickson 42%-38%. HD 51: Republican Mike Stone leads Democratic Representative Jimmy Love 47%-43%. HD 25: Republican Jeff Collins leads Democratic Representative Randy Stewart [...]
- 3Jul09
Jesus has Left the House, NC House That Is
Finally we find out what the North Carolina General Assembly thinks is offensive. No, it is not this year’s budget. It is a pastor praying in the name of Jesus Christ.
- Jul02
A Cynical Observation; Eminent Domain
Yesterday, a bill allowing for a November 2, 2010 referendum on a constitutional amendment prohibiting felons from becoming sheriffs in North Carolina was ratified. The bill, HB1307, passed with overwhelming support in both the House and Senate and was sponsored by Rep. Ronnie Sutton (D-Robeson). Similarly, Reps. Paul Stam (R-Wake) and David Lewis (R-Harnett) sponsored [...]