I was recently quoted in an article in the Carolina Journal that asked, “Are progressives strategically running in NC GOP primaries?” I noted that such occasional infiltrations are an inevitable…
Been slow going here at Meck Deck central as we’ve been glued to the live blogging of the Board of Elections train wreck over at the Locker Room. Nutshell, the…
Alan Teitleman alerts us to some strange output by the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections. In sum, too many absentee ballots are showing up in the final tallies. In addition,…
It is official. The Mecklenburg County Board of Elections has certified the transit tax repeal for the November ballot. What at one time looked like a long-shot to even get…
At least that is the word coming from the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections. The petition has gathered enough signatures of registered county voters for the question of a repeal…
Your train is in trouble! The Stop the Train effort has just handed in 11,000 pro-transit tax repeal signatures to the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections. Another 10,000 or so…
The Mecklenburg County Board of Elections has recounted the votes from the November 7th election and found the numbers match. And they should have. Now what? We still do not…
Republican activist Jay Morrison raises some very interesting questions about the vote totals that came in from McCrorey YMCA late Tuesday night. That particular precinct bucked trends in the rest…
Yep, took three and a half hours to count 18,424 votes. Assuming there were 18,424 votes. Ever get the feeling that Mecklenburg is German for “banana republic”? And, no, not…
Republican confusion over their drubbing has turned to questions about the early voter tally. There looks to be about 4,000 too many early votes in the system. I’m still waiting…