North Carolina
Ballot not final yet for 2024 Presidential Election in North Carolina, a good thing for Democrats
When the Democratic Party convenes for its national convention on Aug. 19, it will get to select its presidential candidate, primary results notwithstanding.
And if Vice President Kamala Harris is nominated to replace President Joe Biden atop the ticket, the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) must act accordingly and add her to this year’s ballot.
State law is fairly clear on the procedural role the Board of Elections plays in determining which candidates get onto the ballot: Under North Carolina General Statute 163-213.8, each recognized political party in North Carolina “shall allocate delegate positions in a manner which reflects the division of votes of the party primary consistent with the national party rules of that political party.”
And when there’s a conflict between the certified primary results for a political party and that party’s national rules, under the same statute, the state party’s executive committee “has the authority to resolve the conflict by adopting for that party the national rules.”
In other words, if the national Democratic Party decides at its convention next month that Kamala Harris and her selected running mate should run for president and vice president, then that is who the state Election Board will add to the North Carolina ballot.
“We will await the candidates who the Green Party and the Democratic Party nominate in August, and they will go on the ballot,” said Pat Gannon, spokesman for the NCSBE.
“There is no role for the five-member State Board of Elections in that process,” Gannon added, distinguishing between NCSBE administrative staff and the five-member bipartisan board of political appointees.
The five-member board has endured charges of partisanship — even from within its own ranks — when dealing with politically-charged topics.
For example, the five-member board’s Democratic majority of three outvoted its two Republican members and delayed certification of three new political parties this year to investigate the petition campaigns those groups undertook for official recognition. One of the board’s GOP members accused the board’s majority of succumbing to pressure from state and national Democrats determined to block candidacies from third parties that could draw votes away from their nominees.
Ultimately, the board voted to recognize the Constitution Party and We the People, whose choice for president is Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
The Democratic majority voted to deny certification of Justice for All, whose preferred presidential candidate is Cornel West.
Newly recognized political parties face slightly different rules for getting their candidates on the North Carolina ballot. Presidential candidates for newly recognized parties “shall be entitled” to have their names on official ballots upon paying a filing fee.
The Republican Party has officially nominated former President Donald Trump and his running mate, U.S. Sen. JD Vance, and that’s who will represent the GOP on the North Carolina ballot. The Libertarians have submitted their presidential and vice-presidential candidates, Chase Oliver and Mike ter Maat, for addition to the state’s ballot. And the Constitution Party’s Randall Terry and Stephen Broden will be on the North Carolina ballot.
But the state Elections Board will not know for another few weeks who to add from the Democratic Party and the Green Party.
AVERY COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Former Madison County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Bronis Coy Phillips was processed on Thursday, June 25, in a North Carolina county, according to court documents.
The warrants were served in Avery County on behalf of Madison County. He is now being held without bond, according to the court paperwork.
SBI ARRESTS FORMER MADISON CO. CHIEF DEPUTY FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY INVOLVING INMATES, STAFF
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation announced that Phillips was arrested on June 14 in Maricopa County, Arizona. He’s expected to face charges in N.C., as News 13 previously reported.
According to court records, Phillips faces multiple felony charges, including:
- Furnishing controlled substances to inmates
- Furnishing deadly weapons to inmates
- Involuntary servitude
- Two counts of assault with a firearm on a detention facility employee
COURT RECORDS REVEAL NEW DETAILS IN FORMER MADISON CO. CHIEF DEPUTY ARREST
He was also charged with two misdemeanors:
- Furnishing alcoholic beverages to inmates
- Furnishing tobacco products to inmates
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The NCSBI said the charges stem from an investigation into alleged criminal activity involving inmates and detention facility staff.
North Carolina and NC State, scheduled to meet just once in the men’s basketball regular season for the second consecutive season, are working to schedule a nonconference meeting in Greensboro in December, WRAL has learned.
The Atlantic Coast Conference rivals had played annual games in Raleigh and in Chapel Hill for more than 100 years before last season when the teams met just once in Raleigh. This season, the ACC scheduled just one meeting between the schools in Chapel Hill.
The additional meeting, which is not finalized, would be played Dec. 15 in Greensboro, according to a source.
The 18-team ACC moved from 20 conference games to 18 before last season in an attempt to improve the league’s NCAA Tournament credentials. It worked as the league received eight bids to the NCAA Tournament in 2026, but it also created some scheduling changes, including the elimination of a second game between NC State and UNC in most seasons.
The current conference schedule dictates that each school plays two teams twice (a primary partner and a variable partner), plays 14 teams once and misses one school altogether. In 2026-27, UNC will play Duke (primary) and Louisville (variable) twice and won’t play Clemson. NC State will play Wake Forest (primary) and California (variable) twice and won’t play Syracuse.
Greensboro was the longtime home of the conference office. The ACC men’s basketball tournament has been held at First Horizon Coliseum, formerly the Greensboro Coliseum, 29 times – the most in league history.
For decades, the ACC played a true round robin among its members — a format that became unworkable as the league grew to 12, 15 and, now, 18 basketball-playing schools.
State lawmakers have pursued various measures to force schools in the UNC System to play each other, citing the economic impact of such meetings. North Carolina and NC State are UNC System schools.
A 2024 bill would have required the two ACC schools to play each other and other in-state public universities in football and basketball. A 2025 bill, aimed at potential conference realignment, would have required that NC State and UNC play each annually in football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball and softball. The Senate’s 2025 budget proposal would have required more basketball games between UNC, NC State and smaller schools across the state. The budget would have added UNC and NC State to the schools that receive annual distributions from sports betting tax revenue.
None of those measures have become law.
NC State and North Carolina have been conference mates since 1911, first in the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association, then in the Southern Conference and now the ACC. Both have been members of the ACC since its 1953 founding.
There is some sad news from the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission’s popular Barn Owl Live Cam.
Wildlife officials say a Great Horned Owl entered the barn Wednesday around midnight and killed one of the barn owl owlets. Biologists have not been able to determine which owlet was lost.
They have confirmed it was one of the three youngest birds in the nest. The Wildlife Commission says the incident is heartbreaking but also a natural part of life in the wild.
Great Horned Owls are one of the main predators of Barn Owls, and encounters between the two species do happen. The attack was captured on the live camera.
Officials say the video also shows an extremely rare moment when the adult female Barn Owl fought the Great Horned Owl on top of the nest box. Despite the loss, the surviving owlets are expected to continue growing over the coming weeks.
They will lose their fluffy down feathers, begin exploring outside the barn, and continue developing hunting skills.
The Wildlife Commission says some of the young owls could leave the nest as early as July.
After leaving the nest, they usually travel alone and may eventually move hundreds of miles from where they hatched. The Barn Owl Live Cam remains available for the public to watch.
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