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Nov 5, 2024 · The Assembly’s election updates and results from across North Carolina.

5 days ago · More Problems, More Money. When the housing bond was approved in 2022, it was one of five bond referendums on city ballots. In total, voters were asked to decide on $135 million in bond funds, approving individual pools of money for parks and recreation, fire department and police facilities, transportation, and housing. At $30 million, the housing bond was the second …

Jan 24, 2025 · Update: The Docket has more on what happened at the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on January 27. On January 22, the North Carolina Supreme Court unanimously declined to overturn Jefferson Griffin’s failed bid for a seat on the high court—for now. While the justices remanded the case to Wake County’s superior court, it could return to the Supreme …

Dec 2, 2024 · The sample recount “is used to determine whether a full hand-to-eye recount of all ballots cast statewide is required,” the State Board of Elections explained in a release.If those results differ from the machine recount “such that extrapolating the amount of the change to the entire state … would result in reversing the results,” the board will order a statewide hand …

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Nov 6, 2024 · On Tuesday, Prather and Democrats won one additional seat in the State House, giving them 49 of the 120, breaking the Republican supermajority. That means Republicans will need to secure the support of at least one Democrat to override vetoes from Democratic Gov.-elect Josh Stein.

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