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Interesting timing
The Charlotte Observer has called for N.C. House Speaker Jim Black’s resignation, a day after two key players in the N.C. elections board hearing referenced the newspaper. First, one of…
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Leake’s closing comments, part 3
N.C. elections board chairman Larry Leake also addressed the issue of whether N.C. House Speaker Jim Black knew he was breaking campaign finance laws: Did the Black campaign know or…
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Leake’s closing comments, part 1
N.C. elections board chairman Larry Leake offered extensive closing comments this afternoon, just before he and his colleagues voted unanimously to refer information about the campaign finances of N.C. House…
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Elections board refers Black to Wake D.A.
The N.C. elections board has voted unanimously to refer N.C. House Speaker Jim Black and his campaign to the Wake County district attorney for possible criminal investigation. Elections board chairman…
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Checks withheld from Wood did not break law
Calling it “less than a desirable practice,” the N.C. elections board has voted to ask the General Assembly to outlaw a practice that helped ensure former Rep. Steve Wood never…
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Leake doesn’t buy it
State elections board chairman Larry Leake is grilling one of N.C. House Speaker Jim Black’s attorneys. Leake disagrees with Wallace’s characterization of the process North Carolina optometrists used to contribute…
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Leake, Wallace quibble over contributions
The chairman of the state elections board questions the theory of House Speaker Jim Black’s lawyer about campaign contributions from optometrists. Black’s attorney — John Wallace — says the evidence…
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Evidence over, Black’s lawyers make case
N.C. elections board chairman Larry Leake has now closed the evidentiary portion of the board’s hearing. One of House Speaker Jim Black’s lawyers — John Wallace of Raleigh — has…
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‘I have no explanation’
A Greensboro video poker operator says he doesn’t know why he contributed money for political campaigns through money orders — rather than checks. Fred Ayers bought a $500 money order…
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Back to video poker testimony
A Saluda man in the video poker industry testified about the circumstances surrounding money orders he collected to support House Speaker Jim Black’s campaign. Charlie Brown Jr. admits he bought…
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Wood never saw, knew about checks
Former Republican Rep. Steve Wood says he never saw or knew about the nine checks written to his campaign that have been highlighted today during testimony before the N.C. Board…
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Chairman outlines concerns
N.C. Elections Board Chairman Larry Leake is now grilling an officer in the N.C. Amusement Machine Association. Leake asked Richard “Dicky” McCannell of Lexington why there appeared to be “a…