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Feds Grant N.C. Authority To Delay Primary
WRAL-TV [Raleigh, N.C.] ^
| February 6, 2004
| Associated Press
Posted on 02/06/2004 10:03:58 AM PST by Constitution Day
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:55:57 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday approved provisions of a state election law that allows North Carolina election officials to delay primary elections now scheduled for May.
The provisions, approved by the General Assembly in November along with new House and Senate district maps, allow the state Board of Elections to delay the primary if the new legislative districts haven't gained federal approval by Monday.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: northcarolina; oldnorthstate; redistricting; unhelpful
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To: Constitution Day
Didn't the state have this authority to begin with? I don't recall the Constitution saying the federal government has the authority to schedule state primary races.
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posted on
02/06/2004 10:13:58 AM PST
by
The_Eaglet
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To: The_Eaglet
"Just like the new maps, all election law provisions must be cleared by the federal agency or federal courts to make sure that they comply with the Voting Rights Act."
To: Constitution Day
If this keeps up we'll be doing the General election next Spring -- that's Spring 2005.
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posted on
02/06/2004 10:26:19 AM PST
by
alancarp
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To: alancarp
Tell me about it. :(
To: William Creel
Probably about right. Maybe even higher odds than that.
To: Constitution Day
Doesn't this make it likely that we'll hold the primary after the party conventions? Not that it matters if we're Republicans, but if I were a Democrat, I'd be pretty annoyed at being taken off the map as far as the Presidential nomination goes.
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posted on
02/06/2004 2:02:51 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(Baby #7, boy #4, born 1/19/04, 8 lbs., 15 oz. (I am not liable for incoherent posts.)
To: William Creel
If the primaries are delayed, then Dan Blue is most likely not going to challenge Erskine Bowles.
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posted on
02/06/2004 9:55:04 PM PST
by
Kuksool
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