{"id":2291745,"date":"2024-07-10T08:51:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T12:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-election-board-stalls-on-two-approves-constitution-party-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T08:52:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T12:52:51","slug":"north-carolina-election-board-stalls-on-two-approves-constitution-party-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-election-board-stalls-on-two-approves-constitution-party-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina election board stalls on two, approves Constitution Party &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnorth-carolina-election-board-stalls-on-two-approves-constitution-party-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2291745&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Summary:<\/p>\n<p>The North Carolina Board of Elections faced controversy as\u2062 it delayed voting to approve ballot access\u2064 for the We the People Party \u200band the Justice for All \u200dParty, while approving the Constitution Party. The delay, led by Democratic members\u2063 of the board, drew criticism from Republicans \u200cand sparked\u2064 a federal investigation into potential political motivations behind the decisions. The board&#8217;s actions\u200b have\u200b been met with\u200d outrage and accusations of political persecution. The\u200b approval of the Constitution\u2064 Party, led by Randall Terry, \u200braised concerns about potential votes being siphoned from Democrats. The ongoing controversy\u2063 highlights the intense political climate surrounding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-rand-paul-offers-dr-rachel-levine-as-example-of-radical-agenda-riding-bidens-coattails\/\" title=\"Sen. Rand Paul Offers Dr. Rachel Levine As Example Of Radical Agenda Riding Biden\u2019s Coattails\">upcoming presidential election<\/a> in North Carolina, a\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-sidney-powell-witness-whom-ny-times-described-as-always-the-smartest-person-in-the-room-concludes-hundreds-of-thousands-of-votes-transferred-from-trump-to-biden-in-all-battleground-states\/\" title=\"HUGE! Sidney Powell Witness Whom NY Times Described as &quot;Always the Smartest Person in the Room&quot; Concludes Hundreds of Thousands of Votes Transferred from Trump to Biden IN ALL BATTLEGROUND STATES\">key battleground state<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">North Carolina election board stalls on two, approves Constitution Party<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/elyse-apel-the-center-square\/\">Elyse Apel | The Center Square<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-10T08:23:33-04:00\">July 10, 2024 8:23 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1698881\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013\u00a0Sparks flew as the North Carolina Board of Elections decided Tuesday to further delay voting to approve ballot access for the We the People Party and the Justice for All Party.<\/p>\n<p>The Constitution Party, a third which met the signature threshold as mandated by state statute, was approved. Randall Terry is its presidential nominee. Conservative values are the party\u2019s calling card; the two delayed trend in the opposite direction and threaten to siphon votes for Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as the board, which met June 26 and delayed all three parties\u2019 access, faces a federal investigation by the Committee on the Judiciary of the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just completely at a loss for what is going on here,\u201d Kevin Lewis, a Republican, said in the Tuesday meeting. \u201cIt\u2019s not making sense to me. I think the board is bringing a lot of bad publicity on the board. Your motives are starting to be questioned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the last board meeting, each of the parties were denied 3-2 by a party-line vote.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Alan Hirsch, Jeff Carmon and Siobhan Millan, all Democrats, voted against while Republicans Stacy Eggers and Kevin Lewis voted in favor.<\/p>\n<p>This time around, the board moved to approve the Constitution Party, while refusing to vote to approve the other two parties, instead delaying the vote for an unspecified amount of time.<\/p>\n<p>The Constitution Party will have until July 23 to submit all candidate nominations. The timeframe was unanimously approved. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/north_carolina\/article_e01f40c6-388e-11ef-858a-33ce795e72fa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The federal investigation<\/strong><\/a> launched a week ago. It comes two years after the state board was litigated and shown to have improperly denied the Green Party access to the ballot in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Committee on House Administration and the Committee on the Judiciary are concerned that the NCSBE\u2019s decision was politically motivated and may have been done to influence the 2024 presidential election by limiting the candidates for which voters may cast their ballots,\u201d wrote Jordan and Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, and chairman of the House Administration Committee.<\/p>\n<p>While longshot Terry will gain access, still awaiting are presidential hopefuls Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (We the People) and Cornel West (Justice for All Party).<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/north_carolina\/article_384e4486-3420-11ef-a30a-9f20137a5558.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>previous reporting by the Center Square<\/strong><\/a>, adding the candidates would not be beneficial to Democrats. While ballot access is for any race, the presidential race draws the most attention in this growing scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic presidential candidates since Lyndon B. Johnson\u2019s 1964 triumph have only won the state twice in the last 14 cycles\u00a0\u2013 Jimmy Carter in 1976, and Barack Obama in 2008. Each failed to win the state four years later.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/electoral-college\/allocation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacey-abrams-voting-rights-pac-helped-group-that-pushed-voter-fraud-conspiracy-theories\/\" title=\"Stacey Abrams\u2019 Voting Rights PAC Helped Group That Pushed Voter Fraud Conspiracy Theories\">16 electoral college votes<\/a><\/strong><\/a> and is considered one of seven key battleground states representing 93 electoral college votes. The others are Pennsylvania (19), Georgia (16), Michigan (15), Arizona (11), Wisconsin (10) and Nevada (six).<\/p>\n<p>All board members confirmed they have no conflicts of interest in the matters they were considering. Lewis challenged that, expressing concerns about the motivations of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-foreign-press-association-board-member-removed-for-sharing-article-that-called-black-lives-matter-a-racist-hate-movement\/\" title=\"Hollywood Foreign Press Association Board Member Removed For Sharing Article That Called Black Lives Matter A \u2018Racist Hate Movement\u2019\">fellow board members<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a little just a little bit disappointed about how this board is dragging its feet on this issue,\u201d Lewis said. \u201cYou know how I voted last time and I hope fellow board members will do the right thing and approve these parties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hirsch, the chairman, asked to discuss Lewis\u2019 concerns \u201coffline\u201d before saying he will \u201cpromptly\u201d schedule the next meeting. He said he wanted to allow staff to complete their investigations into the signatures submitted by the We the People party and the Justice for All Party.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrat\u2019s reasoning is ironic. Photo identification laws and U.S. citizenship laws are routinely challenged by his party, inclusive of litigation despite overwhelming approval by North Carolina voters in the case of the former.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Eggers said the board should avoid going on a \u201cfishing expedition\u201d to try to find invalid signatures, especially as both parties were significantly over the required threshold for signatures.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice for All Party also called the board\u2019s subpoenas \u201cillegal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is political persecution orchestrated by Marc Elias and the\u00a0NC\u00a0Democrats. Regardless\u00a0of\u00a0your party affiliation, should be rebuked entirely,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jfa_nc\/status\/1810736175289717083\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>party said in a statement<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Outrage over the board\u2019s actions has been widespread among the Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite Democrats having to pay legal fees for frivolous interference with the Green Party\u2019s ballot access in 2022, Democrats appear to be using their control of the State Elections Board to run the same playbook against the parties supporting Cornell West and RFK Jr.,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/danbishopnc\/status\/1810493151964025313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>said North Carolina Rep. Dan Bishop on social media.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The North Carolina GOP also released a statement in favor of the parties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis board is yet again engaging in blatant partisanship, this time clearly aimed at preserving the political prospects of Democrats, specifically President Joe Biden in this state\u2019s General Election,\u201d said North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Jason Simmons in a letter to the board.<\/p>\n<p>Board member Millen added that she is aware of the large amount of publicity around their decision since the investigation was opened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI take all the letters we\u2019ve received very seriously,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>No date was set for the next meeting.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1698881\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1698881\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The North Carolina Board of Elections approved the Constitution Party, led by Randall Terry, while delaying the approval of the We the People Party and the Justice for All Party. 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