Protests, recounts in election rules tightened
(The Center Square) – Rules for length of time allotted to county boards of election to handle protests and recounts have been tightened by the North Carolina Board of Elections.
The board, a majority 3-2 Republicans, also voted Thursday on party lines to accept documentation that keeps the Green Party recognized in the state. Through Saturday, the party has 4,035 registrations among the state’s more than 7.5 million.
The No Labels (30,281 registrations through Saturday), We The People (2,411), Justice For All (1,057) and Constitution (811) parties each fell off the recognized list because of failure by candidates to receive at least 2.5% of the total vote for governor or president last November.
This means those more than 34,000 voter registrations now go to the unaffiliated bloc, already the state's largest. In two days when the latest tabulation is released, unaffiliated registrations is expected to hit 38.2%. Democrats are at 30.7% and Republicans 30.4%.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/north_carolina/article_c3c22d4c-696e-4fd1-9acc-32308ee02d1a.html
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