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Latest challenge to North Carolina’s power-shifting law focuses on state elections board control
12 hours, 29 minutes ago

Latest challenge to North Carolina’s power-shifting law focuses on state elections board control

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s current governor and his successor tacked on another lawsuit Monday disputing a key provision within a GOP law that erodes the powers of several incoming Democratic state leaders — the latest in a longstanding power struggle between North Carolina’s executive and legislative branches over who controls the state’s elections. The lawsuit challenges one of the …

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North Carolina GOP lawmakers enact a law eroding the incoming Democratic governor’s powers
1 week, 5 days ago

North Carolina GOP lawmakers enact a law eroding the incoming Democratic governor’s powers

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday enacted a law over the governor’s veto that would diminish the powers afforded to his successor and other other Democratic statewide winners in the Nov. 5 elections. Many provisions within the 132-page law seek to diminish powers afforded to Gov.-elect Josh Stein, incoming attorney general Jeff Jackson, the next Democratic lieutenant governor …

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Two US House Members Seek to Become North Carolina's Attorney General
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Two US House Members Seek to Become North Carolina's Attorney General

Associated Press  

Two US House members, Democratic Rep. Jeff Jackson and Republican Rep. Dan Bishop, are seeking to become North Carolina's attorney general. Jackson, a lawyer and former military prosecutor, emphasizes his commitment to protecting people from harm and combating scammers. Bishop, a commercial litigation attorney, focuses on restoring law and order in the state and believes liberal-leaning district attorneys should be …

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Third-party spoilers hoping to 'teach Democrats a lesson' in Wisconsin
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Third-party spoilers hoping to 'teach Democrats a lesson' in Wisconsin

Raw Story  

A third-party spoiler is on the ballot in Wisconsin that could cost Democrats the presidency, and activists there admit that's kind of the point. Jill Stein is on the ballot there and 38 others states as Green Party nominee, despite Democratic efforts to remove her from the ballot in battleground states, and many still blame her for costing Hillary Clinton …

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Letters to the Editor: Your ‘protest vote’ for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trump
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Letters to the Editor: Your ‘protest vote’ for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trump

LA Times  

To the editor: The Times published a letter from a physician who expressed disgust at Vice President Kamala Harris’s laughing over shooting a home intruder and proclaimed he will vote for Green Party candidate Jill Stein in protest. Does he simply not understand that a vote for Stein is essentially a vote for former President Trump, and the extent to …

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., West approved for ballot in Wisconsin after attempts to oust them fail
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., West approved for ballot in Wisconsin after attempts to oust them fail

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted Tuesday to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the presidential ballot, despite his request to be removed, and also rejected a Democratic attempt to oust independent candidate Cornel West. Ultimately, the commission approved eight presidential candidates for the ballot in Wisconsin: Democrat Kamala Harris; Republican Donald Trump; Randall Terry of the Constitution …

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Green Party’s Jill Stein will remain on Wisconsin ballot after court refuses to hear challenge
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Green Party’s Jill Stein will remain on Wisconsin ballot after court refuses to hear challenge

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein will remain on the ballot in the crucial swing state of Wisconsin after the state Supreme Court decided on Monday not to hear a Democratic challenge seeking to oust her. Michael White, co-chair of the Wisconsin Green Party, called the complaint a “mark of fear by the Democratic Party” and said …

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Election officials keep Green Party presidential candidate on Wisconsin ballot
4 months, 1 week ago

Election officials keep Green Party presidential candidate on Wisconsin ballot

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin elections officials dismissed a Democratic National Committee employee’s demands Friday to remove the Green Party’s presidential candidate from the ballot in the key swing state. DNC employee David Strange filed a complaint with the Wisconsin Elections Commission on Wednesday asking the commission to remove Jill Stein …

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Democrats try to block Green Party from presidential ballot in Wisconsin, citing legal issues
4 months, 1 week ago

Democrats try to block Green Party from presidential ballot in Wisconsin, citing legal issues

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — An employee of the Democratic National Committee filed a complaint Wednesday seeking to remove the Green Party’s presidential candidate from the ballot in Wisconsin, arguing that the party is ineligible. Democrats are The Green Party’s appearance on the presidential ballot could make a difference in swing state Wisconsin, where four of the past six presidential elections have …

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Heated North Carolina governor’s race ahead with Democrat Josh Stein vs. Republican Mark Robinson
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Heated North Carolina governor’s race ahead with Democrat Josh Stein vs. Republican Mark Robinson

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Democratic attorney general and the Republican lieutenant governor won North Carolina’s primaries for governor on Tuesday, setting the stage for what will be an expensive and high-stakes November contest in a state that the two parties see as a pivotal battleground. “I’m sure the people of North Carolina will make the right choice.” Both Robinson and …

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Robinson has raised $2.2M this year for North Carolina governor’s race, but still trails Stein
1 year, 5 months ago

Robinson has raised $2.2M this year for North Carolina governor’s race, but still trails Stein

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Republican Lt. Gov. A Robinson campaign email said that it would report raising $2.2 million during the first half of the year and holding $3.2 million in cash on hand as of June 30. Stein’s campaign, which kicked off formally in January, said that it would report raising almost $6 million for the same period holding more …

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North Carolina governor candidate Stein’s campaign raises about $6 million in past 6 months
1 year, 5 months ago

North Carolina governor candidate Stein’s campaign raises about $6 million in past 6 months

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein’s campaign announced Monday it collected nearly $6 million during the first half of the year, an amount following the Democrat’s robust fundraising for his past successful elections for attorney general. A news release from the Josh Stein for North Carolina campaign described the $5.98 million raised through June 30 as a …

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Why is Jill Stein running Cornel West’s Green Party campaign?
1 year, 5 months ago

Why is Jill Stein running Cornel West’s Green Party campaign?

Slate  

This is part of Two Bad, a series exploring Americans’ lackluster enthusiasm for the 2024 election and the problem of the third-party candidate. It’s not outlandish, then, to think some of them will peel off to support famed intellectual Cornel West, who is seeking the Green Party’s nomination. As West Germany’s Green Party surges earned global attention in 1984, leftists …

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US elections 2024: Who is running for president?
1 year, 8 months ago

US elections 2024: Who is running for president?

Al Jazeera  

As the US presidential campaign heats up, Al Jazeera looks at the candidates and their platforms ahead of November. Here, Al Jazeera looks at the US presidential candidates, their platforms and their chances: Democratic Party Joe Biden Biden, who defeated Trump in the 2020 election, appealed to American voters on April 25, 2023, to help him defend democracy and “finish …

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2 NC Democratic attorneys meet at appeals court over AG’s ad
2 years ago

2 NC Democratic attorneys meet at appeals court over AG’s ad

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Representatives for two elected North Carolina Democratic government lawyers argued on Tuesday before an appeals court deciding whether potential prosecution of Attorney General Josh Stein or others over a 2020 campaign commercial should be blocked further while his lawsuit continues. Stein defended the 2020 commercial as a “corrective” to false accusations made by then-Republican AG challenger Jim …

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North Carolina attorney general fights campaign ad probe
2 years, 4 months ago

North Carolina attorney general fights campaign ad probe

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — The campaign committee for North Carolina’s Attorney General Josh Stein asked a federal court on Wednesday to block enforcement of a seldom-used libel law as the committee faces possible criminal prosecution for a political ad from Stein’s last race. Stein’s GOP rival in 2020 — Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill — cited the law in a …

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North Carolina AG in legal bind amid probe over 2020 TV ad
2 years, 4 months ago

North Carolina AG in legal bind amid probe over 2020 TV ad

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — The campaign committee for North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, facing trouble for a TV ad aired against a rival in 2020, plans to ask a federal court to block enforcement of a state law making it illegal to knowingly circulate false reports to damage a candidate’s election chances. Stein’s campaign committee argues that the statute is …

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Stein’s campaign seeks to block law enabling ad probe
2 years, 5 months ago

Stein’s campaign seeks to block law enabling ad probe

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein’s campaign asked a federal judge on Thursday to strike down a state law that enabled authorities to investigate an ad the campaign ran targeting Stein’s 2020 challenger. O’Neill’s campaign filed a complaint in September 2020 with the State Board of Elections against Stein’s campaign over the ad, which focused on untested …

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The Supreme Court’s Attack on Civil Servants Takes a Page From Trump’s Playbook
2 years, 5 months ago

The Supreme Court’s Attack on Civil Servants Takes a Page From Trump’s Playbook

Slate  

There is one important throughline across most of the Supreme Court’s biggest decisions this term, and it’s this: The conservatives on the court claiming that bureaucrats are enemies of the Constitution, government workers are irredeemable hacks, and the lawyers tasked with protecting the law are breaking it. When the court considered a Maine law that bars public funding of private …

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How one Facebook worker unfriended the giant social network
3 years, 2 months ago

How one Facebook worker unfriended the giant social network

Associated Press  

Less than two years after Facebook hired Frances Haugen to help correct dangerous distortions spilling across its platform, she had seen enough. Years later, when the local newspaper wrote about Haugen’s landing at Google, one of her elementary school teachers recalled her as “horrifically bright,” while not at all self-conscious. “She was always super-interested in the intersection of people’s well-being …

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Trump Wisconsin recount can’t start until counties canvass
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump Wisconsin recount can’t start until counties canvass

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Twenty-four counties in Wisconsin had completed their canvassing of last week’s election results as of Monday morning, but all 72 must be in before President Donald Trump could call for a recount, as his campaign has said it intends to do. Counties have until Nov. 17 to finish their canvassing of the vote, and it’s likely that …

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Third parties could play a lesser role in 2020 campaign
4 years, 3 months ago

Third parties could play a lesser role in 2020 campaign

Associated Press  

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — In close elections, it doesn’t take much for third-party candidates to play an outsize role — as Democrats learned the hard way in 2016. As he seeks another term amid a pandemic and sudden Supreme Court vacancy, there are questions about whether third parties could play a similar role in this year’s high-stakes election. A vital third-party …

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