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Trial over leak of Colorado voting system passwords occurs a day before election
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trial over leak of Colorado voting system passwords occurs a day before election

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A one-day trial over whether election machines in 34 Colorado counties should be shut down took place in Denver District Court on Monday, a day before the general election. Colorado officials said Friday that state employees had completed the process of updating passwords on election equipment in affected counties. The press release said the secretary of state first learned of …

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Colorado election equipment passwords were posted online in June, before primary
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Colorado election equipment passwords were posted online in June, before primary

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Election equipment passwords were improperly disclosed on the Colorado secretary of state’s website starting on June 21, meaning they were accessible online when Colorado’s June 25 primary election took place, according to Jena Griswold, the secretary of state. “Storing passwords in this manner is not in line with the Department’s required data security practices and training.” Griswold’s office did not …

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Helene damages in North Carolina total $53 billion, Cooper says
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Helene damages in North Carolina total $53 billion, Cooper says

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North Carolina suffered an estimated $53.6 billion in damages from Hurricane Helene, Gov. Cooper is asking lawmakers to approve $3.9 billion in state aid, calling it a “down payment on western North Carolina’s future” as communities in the mountains dig out of a disaster that killed 96 North Carolinians and destroyed thousands of homes, miles of roads and dozens of …

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How false claims of a ’complete gang takeover’ drew Trump to Aurora
2 months, 1 week ago

How false claims of a ’complete gang takeover’ drew Trump to Aurora

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Former President Donald Trump will hold a rally at a luxury resort in Aurora on Friday, a little over two months after local right-wing political figures began to spread the false and exaggerated claims about a gang “takeover” that have thrust the city into the spotlight of the 2024 presidential campaign. Trump will be joined at Friday’s rally by Republican …

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Trump’s Aurora visit highlights rising MAGA crime rate
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump’s Aurora visit highlights rising MAGA crime rate

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In announcing former President Donald Trump’s visit to Aurora, the Trump campaign framed the Republican presidential candidate’s purpose in terms of crime-fighting. The Biden administration’s border policies, it claimed, had left Colorado’s third biggest city vulnerable to criminal migrants who had turned “once-safe communities into nightmares for law-abiding citizens.” Trump, the announcement said, would deport these “criminals” and “Make America …

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Trump plans to speak in Aurora — which he falsely said is overrun by migrant gang members
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump plans to speak in Aurora — which he falsely said is overrun by migrant gang members

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Former President Donald Trump plans to visit Aurora, a city he’s falsely said has been overrun by violent migrant gang members. Aurora became a focus of national attention in recent weeks after local conservative officials, including City Council member Danielle Jurinsky and Mayor Mike Coffman, amplified claims that Venezuelan gang members had taken over several apartment buildings in the city. …

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Emergency election changes approved to help voters in 13 Helene-damaged NC counties
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Emergency election changes approved to help voters in 13 Helene-damaged NC counties

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It will be easier for residents of 13 counties hardest hit by Hurricane Helene to cast absentee ballots this fall, as the state Board of Elections adopted a host of changes meant to help voters recovering from the disaster. The emergency resolution the state Board adopted unanimously on Monday included provisions meant to increase voter outreach, make it easier to …

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Roy Cooper: Unprecedented tragedy will require an unprecedented response
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Roy Cooper: Unprecedented tragedy will require an unprecedented response

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RALEIGH N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and the state’s top emergency management officials provided an update Sunday to the ongoing, massive response to Tropical Storm Helene. More than 500 North Carolina National Guard members have been deployed to work with local emergency responders conducting search and rescue missions, delivering needed supplies, and working to restore infrastructure. President Biden …

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Colorado Republican citing politics of ‘current events’ resigns and exits race
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Colorado Republican citing politics of ‘current events’ resigns and exits race

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The district attorney for Colorado’s 7th Judicial District is resigning from his seat and not seeking reelection for a second term, he announced earlier this week. “It is no longer sustainable for me to cover the daily requirements of court schedules across our nearly 10,000 square mile District while effectively managing, developing, and supervising staff; circumstances beyond my control cannot …

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Vote to remove Dave Williams as Colorado GOP chair invalid, judge decides
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Vote to remove Dave Williams as Colorado GOP chair invalid, judge decides

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An El Paso County judge determined that opponents of Colorado GOP Chair Dave Williams did not have enough votes to remove him during an August meeting. El Paso County District Judge Eric Bentley wrote in an order on Wednesday night that actions to remove Williams as chair and install Bremer at an Aug. 24 meeting in Brighton were not valid. …

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Roy Cooper: Trump ‘needs to suffer the consequences’ of backing Mark Robinson
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Roy Cooper: Trump ‘needs to suffer the consequences’ of backing Mark Robinson

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Roy Cooper said Wednesday that he believed Lt. Gov. “There’s some down-ballot things going on – some guy running for governor on the Republican side who’s made a little news,” Cooper said during an interview at The New York Times’ Climate Forward conference. Because Donald Trump makes guys like Mark Robinson, supports them, encourages them, still hasn’t condemned him in …

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Conservative website claims to unearth 'despicable' anti-Obama Robinson comments
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Conservative website claims to unearth 'despicable' anti-Obama Robinson comments

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The Bulwark — a national news and commentary website run by veteran conservative journalists, political strategists and commentators, including William Kristol, founder of the now defunct Weekly Standard — is reporting that it has unearthed more online comments posted by North Carolina Lt. Gov. According to the report by the website’s White House correspondent, Andrew Egger, Robinson posted comments to …

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How NC’s elections head is navigating security, threats and delays
2 months, 4 weeks ago

How NC’s elections head is navigating security, threats and delays

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Ballots have officially been cast for the 2024 election in North Carolina. County elections boards have received more than 207,000 absentee ballot requests as of Monday, said Karen Brinson-Bell, executive director of the North Carolina Board of Elections. Postal Service is saying to make sure you put your completed ballot in the mail at least a week before Election Day …

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How a terrorism exhibit in Colorado distorts the story of Jan. 6
2 months, 4 weeks ago

How a terrorism exhibit in Colorado distorts the story of Jan. 6

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When the CELL first opened in 2008, Melanie Pearlman, the executive director, remarked to a Denver Post reporter that the exhibit transcended partisanship. Those being simpler times, the Post referred to him as a “dignitary.” This was a sign from the future that aversion to terrorism is not exactly universal, since Giuliani would be a key figure 12 years later …

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Josh Stein retains big lead over Mark Robinson as Harris leads Trump in new NC poll
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Josh Stein retains big lead over Mark Robinson as Harris leads Trump in new NC poll

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Attorney General Josh Stein is up 14 percent over Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson in the North Carolina gubernatorial contest, according to the latest Elon Poll. It’s the same margin as a survey released last month, in which High Point University/Survey USA found a 14 percent gap between Stein and Robinson. “In the big picture, what happens over the next six …

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Mark Robinson says he’s ‘going after’ CNN following report on history of online comments
3 months ago

Mark Robinson says he’s ‘going after’ CNN following report on history of online comments

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North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson said Monday he was going to “go after” CNN after the network published an investigation last week about his history of disturbing online comments. And in comments to reporters in Wilkesboro on Monday morning, Robinson said he was in talks “up to legal counsel” to “take CNN to task.” “We are going after them, …

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The 16 electoral votes question: Will Mark Robinson’s freefall help scuttle Trump in NC?
3 months ago

The 16 electoral votes question: Will Mark Robinson’s freefall help scuttle Trump in NC?

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Mark Robinson’s campaign to be the next governor of North Carolina appears to be collapsing before our eyes. “I just think that you have to let these things sometimes play out in the court of public opinion.” State law says that Robinson can still withdraw, and that the GOP state executive committee could nominate someone else to claim the votes …

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Robinson returns to campaign trail as staffers resign and GOP pols distance themselves
3 months ago

Robinson returns to campaign trail as staffers resign and GOP pols distance themselves

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Governor Mark Robinson returns to the campaign trail Monday with the hopes of refocusing his faltering gubernatorial campaign on the issues. Last Thursday, CNN aired an investigative report that unearthed several online accounts and comments in which Robinson allegedly said, “slavery is not bad” and referred to himself as a “black NAZI” and a “perv.” The more graphic and lewd …

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Trump makes no mention of Robinson during North Carolina rally
3 months ago

Trump makes no mention of Robinson during North Carolina rally

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Former President Donald Trump made no mention of North Carolina Lt. Gov. He also repeatedly referred to the Vice President as “Comrade Harris,” and averred that if she wins, “40-50 million illegal aliens” will be in the nation “stealing your money,” while a Harris administration will “confiscate all guns,” seek to pack the Supreme Court with 25 justices, and “kill …

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New billboards remind North Carolinians of Donald Trump’s past praise for Mark Robinson
3 months ago

New billboards remind North Carolinians of Donald Trump’s past praise for Mark Robinson

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Less than 24 hours after CNN’s searing report on Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson, North Carolina residents are being reminded of his connections to former President Donald Trump through digital billboard displays in Charlotte, Greensboro, and locations near Raleigh. Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign also released an ad linking Robinson and Trump called “Both Wrong,” which highlights Robinson’s anti-abortion comments. …

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Harris nets another high-powered slate of Republican endorsements
3 months ago

Harris nets another high-powered slate of Republican endorsements

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If Republican presidential candidates have traditionally been seen as more closely aligned with the U.S. national security establishment — the military, the intelligence community, foreign policy experts — it’s a run that’s come to an abrupt halt in 2024. This fact was brought home yet again today in an announcement from the Harris-Walz campaign that more than 100 Republican former …

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Tim Walz tells NC crowd to ‘ditch’ Trump, fight for democracy
3 months ago

Tim Walz tells NC crowd to ‘ditch’ Trump, fight for democracy

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Six days after Kamala Harris drew large, enthusiastic crowds in Charlotte and Greensboro, Governor Tim Walz brought the campaign to Asheville in hopes of keeping the momentum high in the final 49 days of the 2024 presidential campaign. “But Kamala Harris isn’t talking about the historic nature of this, she just puts her nose down and does the work,” said …

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Experts warn vote tally certification refusals could undermine 2024 election
3 months, 1 week ago

Experts warn vote tally certification refusals could undermine 2024 election

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Two months ahead of the November presidential election, Colorado officials are warning that refusal by local election canvass board members to certify results fuels misinformation and threatens voter trust in the entire election process. CREW identified 35 election officials who voted against certifying results between 2020 and 2023, including three in Colorado: Nancy Pallozzi in Jefferson County, Candice Stutzriem in …

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Sen. Thom Tillis blasts Trump on 'crazy conspiracy theorist' MAGA influencer
3 months, 1 week ago

Sen. Thom Tillis blasts Trump on 'crazy conspiracy theorist' MAGA influencer

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North Carolina’s senior U.S. senator and the chairman of the state Republican Party offered starkly different assessments Friday on former President Donald Trump’s recent travel with far-right activist and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer. Enough.” Tillis’ comments echo those of his GOP colleague U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who told HuffPost on Thursday that Loomer’s history was “really toxic” …

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