Politicians & Politicking Archives

  1. Aug
    29

    Former ABC Director Convicted

    Posted in Politicians & Politicking By Bob Luebke | Tagged , ,

    Last week The Star News Online reported Billy Williams, former chief of the New Hanover County Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) Board, was convicted of felony charges for submitting a false invoice for more than $43,000 to the ABC board.  Williams claimed the money was for paving one of the agency’s stores. He was ordered to [...]

  2. Aug
    18

    Correction – Fifth Voter Arrested for Voting Twice in 2010

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

    I blogged yesterday that a fifth voter was arrested for voting twice in 2008.  The man arrested yesterday did vote twice but he voted twice in the 2010 General Election – not 2008.  The four voters arrested last Thursday all voted twice in the 2008 General Election.  Here is a new video of Mr. Leland Lewis, [...]

  3. 1
    Aug
    18

    Board of Elections Alters Voter’s Records to Match DMV

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

    The email below reveals that the State Board of Elections has compared North Carolina’s voter list to DMV records and then altered voter records to reflect DMV data.  I do not know how many records have been changed, but this email went to all 100 county directors.  I understand that some counties are finding that [...]

  4. 3
    Aug
    12

    Vote Early – Vote Often (North Carolina Style)

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

    It’s true; voter ID would not have prevented the type of fraud that we are reading and hearing about today.   As I stated in my blog yesterday, North Carolina is in dire need of election reform and this type of fraud is crying out for changes in early voting processes and schedules. Right now, our [...]

  5. 18
    Aug
    11

    Voter Fraud In NC

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

    Of course there is voter fraud and of course people vote more than once in North Carolina elections. The surprising thing is that this type of fraud was discovered at all because North Carolina election laws make it almost impossible to detect. Most of the time, board of election offices chalk it up to administrative [...]