Legal Analyst: NC Board of Election, DOJ lawsuit could reach settlement
RALEIGH, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — North Carolina’s State Board of Elections is set to consider a proposed settlement of a Justice Department lawsuit on Wednesday. The suit, filed in May, challenges alleged deficiencies in voter registration. If the board approves the settlement, it could move to federal court as early as Thursday, aiming to resolve the case without further legal delays.
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This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to investigative and public-service journalism for Pennsylvania. Sign up for Talk of the Town, a weekly newsletter of local stories that dig deep, events, and more from north-central PA, at spotlightpa.org/newsletters/talkofthetown. Penn State University’s…
CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- One week before Charlotte’s new police chief Stella Patterson was introduced to the public, her husband, Lance Patterson, reached an undisclosed settlement with the city. The settlement is tied to a lawsuit from 2018, when Lance, a Charlotte Fire Battalion Chief, and a colleague sued,…