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Did NC issue ‘illegal’ commercial licenses to noncitizens? (opens the original)
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“54% of North Carolina commercial driver’s licenses were issued illegally to foreign nationals.” Republicans are accusing Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Roy Cooper of mismanaging the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles while he was governor. Cooper is running for the seat being vacated by U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, who isn’t seeking reelection. Cooper faces Republican Michael Whatley in a race that could help determine party control of the U.S. Senate. Green Party candidate Michael Dub
Fact-checking Trump, Whatley claims about Cooper in Gastonia (opens the original)
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RALEIGH, N.C. — President Donald Trump joined Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley in Gastonia Wednesday night to promote Whatley and bash his Democratic opponent, former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper. Cooper and Whatley — along with Green Party candidate Michael Dublin and Libertarian Shannon Bray — are running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, who isn’t seeking reelection. Political analysts believe the contest could help determine party contro
Did NC elections officials remove HBCU early-voting site? (opens the original)
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North Carolina officials “removed” an early-voting site from North Carolina A&T State University North Carolina U.S. Senate candidate Roy Cooper told MSNOW that Republican elections officials in his state “removed” an early-voting site from the campus of a historically Black university — a claim that omits context about past polling sites at the school. Cooper is the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, who isn’t seeking reelection. Cooper fac
Fact-checking anti-Cooper ads featuring homicide victims’ dads (opens the original)
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In a pair of recently released political ads attacking former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, two North Carolina fathers describe their children’s killings. The ads’ framing makes it sound as though Cooper agreed to release their children’s imprisoned perpetrators. That’s not what happened. “As the governor, Mr. Cooper was allowing these criminals back on the streets,” Ronald Hayes says in one of the ads after telling about the fatal March 2024 shooting of his 23-year-old son, Shemar, in Charlot
Did NC 'process’ 1 million duplicate voter registrations? (opens the original)
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North Carolina “processed 1,031,350 duplicate (voter) registrations.” A social media post viewed by more than 100,000 accounts claims that North Carolina “processed” more than a million voter registrations. “Governor Josh Stein won North Carolina by 828,187 votes. North Carolina processed 1,031,350 duplicate registrations,” Shiloh Marx, president of the Integrity First Alliance, said in a July 20 X post. Integrity First Alliance advocates for state elections leaders to update and clean voter rol
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