“Just vote no,” Magnanti messaged one Republican board member during the meeting on early voting plans, “you can do it.”

She previously called for the execution of high-profile Democrats, including former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden

Kyle Ingram is The News & Observer’s democracy reporter.

The Bar’s executive director denied the committee’s request, saying that the agency is apolitical and does not maintain such records.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents descended on Charlotte over the weekend.

Brockman, who resigned from the legislature last week, will be held on house arrest and banned from using a cellphone until his trial.

Brockman appeared in court Monday, three days after resigning from the legislature.

The judge said he declined to direct the legislature to “engage in the odious practice of sorting voters by race in order to create a majority-Black Senate district.”

Senate leader Phil Berger said he was open to redrawing NC’s political map to further benefit Republicans.

Dallas Woodhouse, who led the state GOP from 2015 to 2019, will serve as the election liaison in Auditor Dave Boliek’s office.

He also rebutted claims that the redistricting effort would be part of a deal to secure President Donald Trump’s endorsement.

Republican lawmakers have steadily allocated a variety of additional powers and resources to Boliek’s office since his election in November.

State Auditor Dave Boliek, who appointed the county elections chair, asked for his resignation following charges of drugging granddaughters’ ice cream.

The program has drawn criticism — both nationally and in North Carolina — for using unreliable or outdated information that could incorrectly identify people as noncitizens.

These voters must provide updated registration information before the next election or risk barriers to making their ballots count.

The Trump administration is joining the battle over voter registrations in NC.

Griffin’s concession puts to bed a contentious and chaotic saga in NC politics, one that has raised substantial questions about democracy and may impact the state’s elections for years to come.

The decision could bring an end to nearly six months of legal battles over the Republican candidate’s attempt to overturn his loss.

NC could change the rules after the election is over, and throw out enough ballots to change the outcome. There are several ways that’s unprecedented.

The majority wrote that, even though they have the authority to completely throw out the contested ballots, they decided to instead mandate a cure period for most of the challenged voters.

The bill reignites a contentious debate over transgender bathroom access that roiled the state in 2016 following the passage of HB2.

The bill reignites a contentious debate over transgender bathroom access that roiled the state in 2016 following the passage of HB2.

While Judge Jefferson Griffin has declined to comment on his effort to overturn the election results, the chair of the NC GOP, which has joined in his lawsuit, sat down for an interview with The N&O.

Sen. Kandie Smith said the bill could make it possible to “impeach me from office because I’m Black.”

Dave Boliek is poised to become the only state auditor in the country responsible for overseeing elections.

The defamation lawsuit came after CNN published a story linking the North Carolina Republican to a series of racist and sexually graphic online comments.

The challenge to North Carolina’s Supreme Court election grows more complicated by the day. Voters caught up in the turmoil have questions about how the race got here and how it may be resolved.

The State Board of Elections is now temporarily blocked from certifying Allison Riggs as the winner in the Supreme Court election while the court considers her opponent’s challenge of 60,000 ballots.

The state Supreme Court, which has a 5 to 2 Republican majority, will now hear Jefferson Griffin’s challenge of over 60,000 ballots cast in his race to ascend to the high court.

Without a supermajority, Republicans will find it more difficult to override vetoes from newly elected Democratic Gov. Josh Stein.

Griffin, who trails Democrat Allison Riggs by 734 votes following two recounts, is asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to stop certification of the election.

An audit found that he accepted contributions from prohibited donors, took donations over the maximum limit and used campaign money for personal expenses.

“This law threatens public safety, fractures the chain of command during a crisis, and thwarts the will of voters,” Gov.-elect Josh Stein said in a statement.