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North Carolina First Party Working Towards the Election

By Trent Hill on May 19, 2010 7:11 AM

It was announced earlier this week that the effort to form a North Carolina First Party by labor unions had failed to gain enough signatures. It was previously unknown whether the organizers would still try to petition their candidates onto the ballots as Independents or whether the organizers knew that they could use their 85,000+ petition signatures towards establishing the party in 2012.…

North Carolina ballot access case (including interest in amicus curiae briefs)

By Kimberly Wilder on December 9, 2009 11:20 AM

from Ballot Access News
North Carolina Supreme Court Seems Eager to Hear Ballot Access Case
December 8th, 2009

The North Carolina Supreme Court will soon be hearing Libertarian Party of North Carolina v State Board of Elections, a challenge to the state’s ballot access laws for minor parties, and also a challenge to other laws that injure minor parties.

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NC Appeals Court Rules Against LP, GP

By Susan Hogarth on October 23, 2009 3:52 AM

From a press release issued by the Libertarian Party of NC:

The N.C. Appeals Court decision upholding the state’s restrictive ballot access laws is “a shameful day for our state,” said Dr.

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