/tags/nc-democrats NC Democrats en-US Copyright Tue, 13 May 2025 20:04:35 GMT /politics/2025-05-13/nc-democrats-bill-funeral-legislation-died-hearings Last week marked a legislative "crossover" deadline, where bills that haven't passed either the House or Senate are considered dead. More than 700 of those bills were filed by Democrats — and they listed all of them on a chart during a news conference. Tue, 13 May 2025 20:04:35 GMT /politics/2025-05-13/nc-democrats-bill-funeral-legislation-died-hearings Colin Campbell /politics/2025-03-14/terry-brown-literacy-test-nc-constitution North Carolina's constitution still includes outdated language from a literacy test used to disenfranchise Black voters. Rep. Terry Brown, D-Mecklenburg, is leading a bipartisan group of lawmakers calling for a constitutional amendment. Fri, 14 Mar 2025 19:52:55 GMT /politics/2025-03-14/terry-brown-literacy-test-nc-constitution Colin Campbell /news/2025-02-05/military-veterans-state-legislature-griffin-concede Democratic state lawmakers who served in the military demanded that Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin abandon his attempt to invalidate thousands of ballots, including ones cast by military and overseas voters. Wed, 05 Feb 2025 21:50:08 GMT /news/2025-02-05/military-veterans-state-legislature-griffin-concede Rusty Jacobs /politics/2025-01-22/north-carolina-supreme-court-seat-last-uncertified-race The N.C. Supreme Court is weighing whether to toss out more than 60,000 ballots cast in the race for a seat on that tribunal. That race is the last uncertified statewide contest in the nation. Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:58:26 GMT /politics/2025-01-22/north-carolina-supreme-court-seat-last-uncertified-race Rusty Jacobs /politics/2025-01-14/nc-supreme-court-seat-gop-power-grab-democrats While a Republican judicial candidate fights in state and federal courts to invalidate more than 60,000 ballots in his race for a state Supreme Court seat, GOP state lawmakers are in court defending a law that would shift authority over elections in North Carolina from the Democratic governor's office to the GOP state auditor. Tue, 14 Jan 2025 16:57:04 GMT /politics/2025-01-14/nc-supreme-court-seat-gop-power-grab-democrats Rusty Jacobs /politics/2025-01-13/north-carolina-supreme-court-race-national-attention The chairman of the Democratic National Committee joined North Carolina's former governor and head of the state's Democratic Party to denounce a Republican candidate's attempts to invalidate more than 60,000 ballots in a tight state Supreme Court race. Mon, 13 Jan 2025 22:16:09 GMT /politics/2025-01-13/north-carolina-supreme-court-race-national-attention Rusty Jacobs /politics/2024-11-06/north-carolina-house-election-democrats Democrats’ efforts to break the Republican veto-proof majority in the legislature appear to have yielded one additional seat. Wed, 06 Nov 2024 06:09:50 GMT /politics/2024-11-06/north-carolina-house-election-democrats Colin Campbell /politics/2024-07-26/don-davis-kamala-harris-border-endorses-president-north-carolina Davis and the five other Democrats who voted for the resolution represent Republican-leaning or tossup districts that could tilt to the GOP in November. Fri, 26 Jul 2024 17:33:44 GMT /politics/2024-07-26/don-davis-kamala-harris-border-endorses-president-north-carolina Bradley George, Mitchell Northam /politics/2024-07-22/ballot-2024-presidential-election-north-carolina-kamala-harris State elections officials must wait for the Green Party and Democratic Party conventions next month to finalize the ballot for this year's general election Mon, 22 Jul 2024 20:16:26 GMT /politics/2024-07-22/ballot-2024-presidential-election-north-carolina-kamala-harris Rusty Jacobs /politics/2024-07-08/north-carolina-elections-board-deny-recognition-third-parties In a split vote, the state elections board has, for now, denied recognition for three alternative political parties. Mon, 08 Jul 2024 17:59:23 GMT /politics/2024-07-08/north-carolina-elections-board-deny-recognition-third-parties Rusty Jacobs