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3 weeks ago | 
charlotteobserver.com | Kyle Ingram |Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan
Each week, join Dawn Vaughan for The News & Observer and NC Insider's Under the Dome podcast, an in-depth analysis of topics in state government and politics for North Carolina. Good morning and welcome to Under the Dome, brought to you today by Kyle Ingram and Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan. Since his election in November, North Carolina Republicans have repeatedly sought to give more powers to State Auditor Dave Boliek.
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1 month ago | 
charlotteobserver.com | Kyle Ingram |Caitlyn Yaede |Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan
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2 months ago | 
charlotteobserver.com | Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan |Kyle Ingram |Avi Bajpai
Each week, join Dawn Vaughan for The News & Observer and NC Insider's Under the Dome podcast, an in-depth analysis of topics in state government and politics for North Carolina. Good morning and welcome to the Under the Dome newsletter. I'm Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi, joined today by my colleagues Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan, Kyle Ingram and Avi Bajpai. The North Carolina Senate passed its first bills of the session Wednesday, including one that would limit new requirements on health insurance.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
charlotteobserver.com | Kyle Ingram
DNC Chair Jaime Harrison, speaks during the Blue Gala hosted by the Miami-Dade Democratic Party at the Miami Beach Convention Center, Florida on Saturday, September 21, 2024. [email protected] North Carolina's contentious legal battle over the results of the state Supreme Court race is now getting national attention.
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Dec 27, 2024 | 
heraldsun.com | Kyle Ingram
Following a contentious vote by North Carolina’s Republican supermajority to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 382, major changes are coming to the way the state runs its elections — and who is in charge of them. State and local election boards, which have held a 3-2 Democratic majority for eight years, will flip to Republican control this spring after lawmakers strippedthe authority to make appointments from incoming Gov. Josh Stein.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
heraldsun.com | Kyle Ingram
Republican Jefferson Griffin is asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to intervene in his effort to challenge over 60,000 ballots cast in his race for the high court. The State Board of Elections dismissed Griffin’s ballot protests, but has not taken a final step of certifying the election. Griffin now asks the court, which has a 5 to 2 Republican majority, to prohibit the board from certifying the election and to throw out the challenged ballots.
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Dec 16, 2024 | 
heraldsun.com | Kyle Ingram
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
mcclatchydc.com | Kyle Ingram
North Carolina will not conduct a statewide recount by hand of the state Supreme Court race after two initial reviews of the results showed Democrat Allison Riggs maintaining her lead. First, the State Board of Elections conducted a statewide machine recount of all ballots, which affirmed Riggs’ 734-vote lead over Republican Jefferson Griffin. On Griffin’s request, the board then conducted a sample hand recount in a random selection of precincts.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Kyle Ingram
North Carolina will not conduct a statewide recount by hand of the state Supreme Court race after two initial reviews of the results showed Democrat Allison Riggs maintaining her lead. First, the State Board of Elections conducted a statewide machine recount of all ballots, which affirmed Riggs’ 734-vote lead over Republican Jefferson Griffin. On Griffin’s request, the board then conducted a sample hand recount in a random selection of precincts.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
charlotteobserver.com | Kyle Ingram
North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat, and N.C. Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin, a Republican, face each other in the 2024 election for Supreme Court. NC Judicial Branch While the North Carolina State Board of Elections voted to certify most election results on Tuesday, the race for a seat on the state Supreme Court remains uncertain as a recount, lawsuit and ballot protests play out.
