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Gov. Josh Stein didn’t let an incoming winter storm stop him from making his inaugural speech to tell North Carolinians about his vision for the state’s future earlier this month. The wintry weather canceled most of the inaugural festivities, forcing Stein to speak inside the old state Capitol building in downtown Raleigh instead of outside…
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“Permitting post-election litigation that seeks to rewrite our state’s election rules — and, as a result, remove the right to vote in an election from people who already lawfully voted under the existing rules — invites incredible mischief,” Republican Justice Richard Dietz wrote.
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The full process, including multiple recounts, has run its course and there is now just one thing left for Jefferson Griffin to do: accept the results and concede the race.
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What Jefferson Griffin and the state GOP are now doing is an attempt to disqualify 60,000 eligible voters and overturn the results of a legitimate election. When state Republicans lose elections they seek to disenfranchise voters instead of accepting the results.
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The NC House is expected to vote on the SB382 veto override next week. Republicans need all members – including three who sided with Democrats – to vote for the override, otherwise it will fail.
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North Carolina Republicans are having trouble accepting that voters took away their supermajority and also rejected their MAGA Council of State candidates, so now they are using a bill for desperately needed Helene relief funding to change laws to entrench their power before they lose it.
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Let’s make things clear: The voters gave more votes to Allison Riggs than Jefferson Griffin, and we will protect and defend these voters’ right to participate in our democracy.
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The path to Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s crushing gubernatorial defeat began more than a year and a half before the election, back in April 2023, when Progress NC Action and multiple other statewide progressive organizations joined forces to create the Coalition Against Robinson’s Extremism (CARE).
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Because voters broke the GOP supermajority in the House, Josh Stein will take office with the ability to sustain vetoes, something that Gov. Roy Cooper has been unable to do over the last several years.
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Post-Election Timeline and Messaging Recommendations In recent years, right-wing activists have grown increasingly emboldened to challenge the once-staid process of election administration and certification. January 6th, the concerted effort to spread disinformation and distrust in government in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, and Trump’s continued refusal to accept the results of the 2020 election all…
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