Say what you will about former President Donald Trump, but there was a cynical, P.T. Barnum-like genius to his brief and catastrophic run at the apex of American politics. The
Say what you will about former President Donald Trump, but there was a cynical, P.T. Barnum-like genius to his brief and catastrophic run at the apex of American politics. The man obviously has no deeply held beliefs or political philosophy beyond a commitment to self-promotion and personal enrichment, but like so many other skilled con men throughout history, he could sell stuff â most notably lies and half-truths designed to manipulate audiences.
For state and national conservative leaders, Trumpâs shallow scam was both alluring and dangerous. On the one hand, Trumpism provided a path to power for a political party that had lost the popular vote in five out of the previous six presidential elections (today, itâs seven out of eight) and that increasingly finds itself out of step with the majority of voters.
Legislators started their discussion of an elections bill that would prevent counting of mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day.
Republicans are angry about the lawsuit settlement last fall that allowed mail-in absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day, Nov. 3, to be counted as long as they arrived by Nov. 12.
Current law allows ballots that arrive up to three days after Election Day to be counted.
Senate Bill 326 would get rid of any cushion that allows for delayed postal deliveries or for ballots mailed on Election Day.
The bill would set a deadline of the second Tuesday before an election for absentee ballot requests.
Delay this year s local elections and NC s 2022 primary, state official says Lucille Sherman, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Feb. 23 RALEIGH North Carolina should delay its 2022 primary election by two months, North Carolina State Board of Elections Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell said Tuesday.
The recommendation comes less than two weeks after the U.S. Census Bureau said it will distribute the data states need to redraw legislative and congressional districts by the end of September five months behind schedule which has the potential to throw a wrench in elections happening this year and next.
Brinson Bell s recommendations Tuesday confirm the delay could impact municipal and state elections here, even though North Carolina is not among the states with a deadline for completing redistricting.