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Mitch Kokai

@mitchkokai

From Ohio, 30+ years in North Carolina, working for @JohnLockeNC and @CarolinaJournal.

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BREAKING: N.C. Appeals Court blocks lower court ruling favoring Gov. Stein in elections board dispute. #ncga #ncpol Carolina Journal appellate.nccourts.org/orders.php?t=&…

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A trial court's order favoring Gov. Stein "is hereby stayed pending disposition of defendant-appellants' appeal or until further order of this Court." #ncga #ncpol Carolina Journal carolinajournal.com/nc-appeals-cou…

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Gov. Stein is asking SCONC to step in and stay the Appeals Court's decision. #ncga #ncpol Carolina Journal ncappellatecourts.org/show-file.php?…

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UPDATE: Federal judge orders N.C. State Board of Elections to certify Riggs as SCONC election winner. #ncga #ncpol Carolina Journal carolinajournal.com/wp-content/upl…

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U.S. Chief District Judge Richard Myers cited due process and equal protection concerns. “IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the State Board SHALL NOT take any action in furtherance of the North Carolina Court of Appeals and Supreme Court’s orders." #ncga #ncpol

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UPDATE: Wake judge dismisses former Rockingham County commissioner Craig Travis' defamation lawsuit against commissioner Kevin Berger, others. Travis claimed he was targeted after campaigning against a casino. #ncga #ncpol Carolina Journal carolinajournal.com/wp-content/upl…

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BREAKING: N.C. Supreme Court will not intervene now in State Board of Elections appointment fight. Court agrees, 5-2, to allow Appeals Court order to stand. #ncga #ncpol Carolina Journal appellate.nccourts.org/orders.php?t=P…

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SCONC allows Auditor Dave Boliek to maintain elections board appointments during the legal dispute. A majority decision says trial judges who ruled for Gov. Josh Stein “unambiguously misapplied this Court’s precedent.” #ncga #ncpol Carolina Journal carolinajournal.com/nc-supreme-cou…

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The state board violated "the sacred trust that the people of the State of North Carolina have put in them to ensure the fairness and integrity of elections for Federal office in the state," according to the suit. #ncga #ncpol Carolina Journal carolinajournal.com/feds-file-suit…

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Response from N.C. elections director Sam Hayes: “We are still reviewing the complaint, but the failure to collect the information required by HAVA has been well documented.  Rest assured that I am committed to bringing North Carolina into compliance with federal law.” #ncga

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BREAKING: A federal judge has approved the settlement ending a lawsuit against the Davidson County schools over a high school student's suspension. The student had used the words "illegal alien" in class. #ncga #ncpol Carolina Journal carolinajournal.com/judge-approves…

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The governor's vetoes mark his first open defiance of GOP #ncga leaders' policy priorities. He'll likely build support among the Democratic base and lose Republican backers. What will happen among the 55% of independents who supported him in a recent poll? #ncpol Carolina Journal