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Shocking
County Attorney Larry Leake, who had somewhat of a reputation as a boss and a fixture, was ousted by Republican leadership amongst the new Madison County Board of Commissioners.
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N.C. GOP chairman renews his call for top elections officials to go
State Republican Party chairman Tom Fetzer wants the chairman and executive director of the State Board of Elections to resign. He used an afternoon news conference to offer reasons why,…
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Fetzer accuses State Board of Elections of stonewalling
From the N.C. Republican Party: Raleigh ? NCGOP Chairman Tom Fetzer continued his call for full transparency surrounding the investigation of the campaign committee for Governor Beverly Perdue, noting that…
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Ruffin Poole still ain’t talkin’
At this afternoon’s State Board of Elections hearing on the Easley scandals, former Easley general counsel declined to testify. He even declined to be sworn in by the board. Poole…
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SBOE hearing: Judgment Day for Easley, Dems?
11:19 a.m. Conditional adjournment. Leake adjourns board under condition that it will reconvene once the NC Court of Appeals rules on the Ruffin Poole quashed subpoena.? 11:17 a.m. Motion against…
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Board of Elections/Easley hearing update, Day 4
SBOE calls it quits for the day, 5:40 p.m. After Hall speaks for about 20 minutes, Leake closes out the Easley hearings for today. The board will go into closed…
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Board of Elections/Easley hearing update, Day 2
Board takes 15-minute break, then adjourns early, 4:10 p.m. Leake announces that he has a meeting with the Attorney General’s office this afternoon to discuss the appeal of Ruffin Poole’s…
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Leake or leak?
The Easley hearings today were a serious and somber affair overall, but a brief moment of levity came during McQueen Campbell’s testimony, courtesy of board chairman Larry Leake. Campbell testified…
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Board of Elections/Easley hearing update
SBOE wraps for the day, 4:45 p.m. The Board of Elections called it quits for the day just a moment ago. They’ll convene at 9:30 tomorrow morning. Garrett questioned about…
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11:15: CJ’s David Bass Sets the Scene at Easley Election Hearing
Carolina Journal’s David Bass reports McQueen Campbell has arrived at the hearing room, and that board chairman Larry Leake has made a few comments before going into closed session.
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Re: State Board of Elections
Highlights from the post-meeting interviews with interested media: Larry Leake, State Board of Elections chairman: I would think it would be accurate to say that there has been concern, that…
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Top GOP senator wants regulation of legal defense funds
The following is the text of a letter Senate Republican Leader Phil Berger submitted to top state election officials today. Mr. Larry Leake, Chairman Mr. Gary O. Bartlett, Executive Director…