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Dear BOE Director and BOE Members: Pursuant to the North Carolina Freedom of Information Act, releasable under the provisions of NCGS 132-1, Public Records, I am requesting the following information: SUBJECT: This is a comprehensive Public Records Request seeking all public records for the inquiry to the North Carolina State Board of Elections regarding: the Election Day zero tapes and closing tapes for all precincts the Early Vote closing tapes for all early vote centers 1.  This is a public records request for either: in-person scans/pictures or digital copies pertaining to the May 15, 2024, Election Day closing tapes for all precincts and Early Vote closing tapes for all early vote centers. This correspondence shall include all records of relevant communications between and among the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE), and the _________County Board of Elections. 2. The period of interest for these records is the correspondence from April 25, 2024 to May 14, 2024 3.     "Public records" shall mean all documents, numbered memos, papers, letters, maps, books, photographs, films, sound recordings, magnetic or other tapes, electronic data-processing records, artifacts, or other documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received pursuant to law or ordinance in connection with the transaction of public business by any agency of North Carolina government or its subdivisions. 4. For any records found that are deemed non-releasable because of confidentiality or security restrictions, the County BOE’s response shall indicate the existence of those other records that are not releasable and identify all local officials who are authorized to review that documentation. 5. If a digital copy: I am requesting this documentation be provided to me at no charge in an electronic format that is commonly machine readable (such as pdf, jpg, etc.) and in a common media form such as an email, thumb drive or DVD. Thank you, Your name Address Phone Email cc: Board of Elections Members

Exclusive Interview: Texas State Senator Angela Paxton Talks Family, Education, and Protecting Kids from Inappropriate Content with The Texas Insider reporter Relentless Bill Robinson! (The first of a Texas Insider series on Texas public schools) The state of NC Schools are also in the article! https://thetexasinsider.com/memo-to-texas-moms-be-the-flashlight-that-protects-your-children-in-our-public-schools/

Mark your calendar! Show your support for vital election integrity legislation to restore confidence in our elections. Legislative Action Day will be Wednesday, May 22, 2024 from 10AM - 2PM. NCEIT will provide materials for you.  Please make every effort to attend. If you cannot attend in person, look for a newsletter with Action Items/phone numbers and talking points. See link for the Press Conference on Wednesday, aApril 24th in Raleigh with our NCEIT team. and the media coverage of the event. The press conference details the amendment for citizen voting and other legislation your NCEIT team is hopeful to gain movement. Thanks and stay tuned for more details.

https://www.nceit.org/post/nceit-press-conference-video-and-press-coverage-of-amendment-for-only-citizens-voting Press Conference Video: The NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION INTEGRITY TEAM'S Press Conference in Raleigh on Wedneday, April 24th, 2024 at the Legislature https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGxStsrcJpBJxHSLmFFdWVtbZld?projector=1 NC Republicans want citizens-only voting amendment. Would it change anything? BY KYLE INGRAM APRIL 23, 2024 2:26 PM Raleign News and Observer A constitutional amendment stating that only citizens can vote may be on the ballot in November as advocates for stricter rules in North Carolina elections lobby Republican lawmakers. Sen. Brad Overcash, a Gaston County Republican, told The News & Observer on Tuesday he would sponsor the effort to amend the state constitution, saying it would give voters an opportunity to make it “crystal clear” that only citizens can vote. It is already a crime for noncitizens to vote in federal elections, and state law requires residents to be citizens to register to vote. Advocates say the amendment would clear up ambiguity in the constitution, but critics — and even a group pushing for the change — see it as a way to drive conservatives to the polls. WHO IS PUSHING FOR MORE ELECTION CHANGES? The amendment is one of several measures being pushed for by a group of advocates who describe their mission as election integrity. The group has ties to Cleta Mitchell, a lawyer who assisted former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. In audio obtained by The News & Observer of meetings of the North Carolina Election Integrity Team, leaders of the group laid out their legislative priorities for the upcoming session, including reducing the early voting period, tightening voter ID rules and attempting to entirely eliminate same-day registration. Republicans already passed sweeping election changes last year, including eliminating the three-day grace period for receiving absentee ballots, empowering partisan poll observers and attempting to restructure state and local election boards. These bills were introduced last summer after top lawmakers met with Mitchell to discuss her push for stricter election laws. Most of these changes are currently being battled out in court, with some on hold after trial courts struck them down. DOES THE AMENDMENT HAVE A CHANCE OF PASSING? In several meetings, leaders of the NCEIT appeared most hopeful about passing a citizens-only voting amendment to the state constitution. “Phil Berger and Tim Moore have both said they favor moving that bill this session,” Jim Womack, the president of NCEIT, said in an April 16 meeting. “That’s the only bill that both of them have agreed that ought to move. So I’ve had very high hopes.” Senate leader Phil Berger’s and House Speaker Tim Moore’s offices did not respond to requests for comment about whether they supported the legislation. In the meeting, Womack added that he thought legislative leaders would want it to pass “simply because it’ll bring conservatives to the polls.” Womack is also the chair of the Lee County GOP and ran unsuccessfully for chair of the state Republican Party earlier this year. His group plans to hold a press conference Wednesday in support of the amendment. Overcash said he had not spoken with anybody from the NCEIT about the amendment. He sponsored a bill to send a citizens-only voting amendment to voters last year, but it never made it to a vote in the legislature. In order to pass an amendment to the state constitution, three-fifths of lawmakers must first approve the proposal in each chamber of the General Assembly. Then, the amendment is placed on the ballot in the next election and decided on by voters. WHAT DOES THE CONSTITUTION SAY ABOUT WHO CAN VOTE? Though it is already a crime for noncitizens to vote, proponents of the amendment say the current language in the North Carolina Constitution doesn’t go far enough. The constitution states that “every person born in the United States and every person who has been naturalized…shall be entitled to vote.” It does not specifically state who cannot vote, an omission Andy Jackson, director of the conservative Civitas Center for Public Integrity, said should be fixed. “This is a fundamental question about how we run our Republic – who can vote and who can’t vote – I think that deserves to be in the Constitution,” he said. Bob Phillips, executive director of Common Cause NC, a government watchdog group, said the passage of a citizens-only voting amendment would have no tangible impact. “I can’t help but look at something like that and see it as just a vehicle to drive base voters,” he said. U.S. law makes it a crime for noncitizens to vote in federal elections. Overcash and other proponents of the amendment, however, have pointed to municipalities in other states that have allowed noncitizens to vote in local elections, such as school board races. State law prevents municipalities in North Carolina from enacting similar changes to voter eligibility. A constitutional amendment codifying that law would help shield it from potential litigation, Overcash said. GROUP ALSO TARGETING EARLY VOTING, SAME-DAY REGISTRATION In meetings over the past two months, members of the NCEIT discussed further election law changes but appeared less optimistic about getting some of them through the Senate. The group frequently discussed shortening the in-person early voting period, which currently begins on the third Thursday before an election and ends on the last Saturday before an election. House Speaker Tim Moore has expressed support for reducing the early voting period in the past, telling reporters in February that “I like early voting. I like making it easier to vote, but I think it’s just too long at three weeks. It adds a lot of costs.” However, Womack told the group that the chairs of the Senate Elections Committee “have basically stated that there’s not much interest in doing anything on the Senate side this year.” Sen. Paul Newton, one of the committee chairs, did not respond to a request for comment. In a meeting on April 9, Womack said one of the group’s priorities is eliminating same-day registration. Voters in North Carolina can register while voting in-person during the early voting period. Absent action from the legislature, he said Mitchell was interested in filing a lawsuit targeting the practice. “If the General Assembly does not want to stop it through statutory means, then we need to go through the lawfare channel,” Womack said. The legislative session begins on Wednesday. Read more at: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article287923495.html#storylink=cpy Other newsmedia who reported https://www.aol.com/news/nc-republicans-want-citizens-only-182630214.html https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article287923495.html https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article287923495.html https://www.arcamax.com/currentnews/newsheadlines/s-3217190-p1 --

Click the link for the ballot and why Jim O'Neill and Jack Clark are THE BEST choices for Lt Governor and NC Auditor. VOTE or these strong candidates will not be on the Novemver ballot https://www.ashevilleteaparty.org/so/5fOyGXwrW?languageTag=en&cid=de5f0a75-82ac-41f9-8d18-d2861b0d7ed7

Press Conference Video: The NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION INTEGRITY TEAM'S Press Conference in Raleigh on Wedneday, April 24th, 2024 at the Legislature https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGxStsrcJpBJxHSLmFFdWVtbZld?projector=1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                    Contact: Jim Womack, NCEIT Tuesday, April 23, 2024                                                   Tel. (919) 770-4783 Joint Press Conference to Announce Election Integrity Legislative Agenda by NCEIT, VIP-NC, and NC Audit Force Leaders of several Statewide Groups will speak at a joint press conference at 12:00 p.m. on April 24th in Front of the Legislative Building on Jones Street in Raleigh Sanford, NC: During the long session of 2023, the North Carolina General Assembly (NCGA) wisely moved legislation that significantly reduced the vulnerability of North Carolina elections from manipulation and exploitation.  The NCGA repealed authority for joining the shadowy Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), which threatened to further bloat the state’s voter rolls. Legislators then banned private funding of elections and built a firewall preventing widespread exploitation of our elections by unrestricted 501(c) organizations in Senate Bill 747.  Section 37.(a) made it a misdemeanor offense for NGO's to affix tracking barcodes on ballot request forms.  That change almost certainly will prevent hundreds of thousands of unsolicited ballot request forms from being sent around the state, reducing the risk of illegal ballot harvesting. According to leaders of the Voter Integrity Project of North Carolina (VIP-NC), NC Audit Force, and the North Carolina Election Integrity Team (NCEIT), the state has not yet dealt with several glaring vulnerabilities in its election laws that could be exploited in 2024 and beyond, if left unchecked. According to VIP-NC Director Jay Delancy “Making citizenship a constitutional requirement for voting - as it is in most other states - is vitally important.  Passage of Senate Bill 630 would allow a ballot initiative this fall to make citizenship an unquestioned constitutional requirement for voting in future election cycles.” Delancy also noted, “House Bill 770 (Cast Vote Records) made its way through the House in 2023 but stalled in the Senate before the end of session.  The bill would assure access to artifacts needed for thorough post-election tabulation audits in 2024 and beyond.” During the press conference, Carol Snow, one of the NC Audit Force leaders, will address many of the deficiencies with the state’s voter registration list, presently corrupted with duplicates, felons and registrants who have permanently moved.  She observed, “Our voter registration form has only recently been updated to require submission of the SSN-4 or driver's license number.  Over 224,000 of the registrants on our voter list are missing that HAVA-required information.” Jim Womack, President of the North Carolina Election Integrity Team (NCEIT)stated, “This press conference will address other deficiencies for which legislative remedies have not been initiated, including: the abuse of same day registration, the costly and unnecessary length of early voting, inadequate auditing of election results, and exploitation of mail-in voting.” This press conference is to be held Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. near the entrance of the Legislative Building, 16 W. Jones St., Raleigh, NC.  Each presenter will respond to media questions as appropriate. ### North Carolina Election Integrity Team 101 S. Steele St., Sanford, NC 27330 www.nceit.org Link to newsletter here: https://shoutout.wix.com/so/b9OyB2JEs?languageTag=en&cid=7d564b12-254e-4191-b7f3-bb19ea4eafd0 Only members of NCEIT can get into Member Resources for the Action Alert and Letter to Legislators. If you wish to become a member of NCEIT, go to https://www.nceit.org/. Fill out the form at JOIN US. We vet everyone. Reporters, disruptors need not apply. We are looking for credible references. Once you are a member, you will get an invitation to our weekly Tuesday 11AM state call with legislative and legal updates. It's interactive. Questions encouraged. You will also have access to Member Resources - a wealth of election integrity information.

Joel Burgess Asheville Citizen Times April 16, 2024 https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2024/04/16/ex-western-nc-rep-cawthorn-hits-injures-florida-trooper-witness/73344616007/?utm_source=pash-DailyBriefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-briefing&utm_term=hero&utm_content=1122CT-E-NLETTER65 Controversial ex-Western North Carolina Congressman Madison Cawthorn struck a Florida Highway Patrol car, injuring a trooper April 15, according to the highway patrol and a witness who posted video and still photos on social media. The highway patrol did not confirm the driver was Cawthorn. But spokesperson Lt. Jim Beauford said the 2021 Mercedes that rear-ended a patrol car, a Dodge Charger, at 4:30 p.m. on Interstate 75 in Collier County was driven by a 28-year-old male from Cape Coral, Florida. Cawthorn is 28 and moved from Henderson County to Cape Coral after losing his 2022 reelection bid. A crash report is not yet available Beauford said April 16. The trooper was transported to an area hospital with minor injuries, Beauford said. The driver was cited with violating Florida's Move Over Law, which requires motorists to slow down and move over a lane when approaching a law enforcement vehicle parked on a highway shoulder. The Citizen Times reached out to Cawthorn. A person posting on X (formerly Twitter) said the Mercedes had been "erratically & aggressively driving behind" her before she moved out of the left lane to let it pass. X user Alethea, with the handle @Women2Dc, said she then saw the wrecked vehicle and Cawthorn in a wheelchair on the side of the road. She posted pictures and video with the person who appeared to be Cawthorn.

North Carolina’s 2024 Second Primary on May 14th 2024 Republican Only Primary Vote These Proven Constitutional Conservatives Who Can Vote:  All registered Republicans and unaffiliated voters who did not vote or voted the Republican ballot in the first primary would be eligible. Voter ID required.Early voting begins April 25th.  Vote early! Jim O'Neill for Lt. Governor Jack Clark for NC Auditor Paid for by Asheville Tea PAC and not by any candidate or candidates’ committee. Don't be Fooled by Democrat Dave running for NC State Auditor.

Jack's Clark's Opponent: Don't Let Democrat Dave Fool You! Vote for Jack! According to the North Carolina Board of Elections records, David Boliek Jr. of Durham County has voted in the Democrat Primaries since electronic records started in 2000. Dave has participated in the Democrat Primaries ever since. He has never wavered from that pattern until July 2023 when he chose to switch policitcal parties. He hasn't even participated in a SINGLE Republican primary and already he is using the platform to attempt to gain the nomination for the 2024 North Carolina State Auditor race. Life-Long Democrat

This is what happens when you have out of control growth. Plenty of blame to go around to commissioners and the city council! The Hendersonville City Council last week fired a preemptive strike as the decades long city-county water war erupted again, spelling out to the county’s legislative delegation the ways the city had tried to “resolve the long-standing dispute over governance of the utility system.” https://www.hendersonvillelightning.com/news/13808-legislators-want-city-and-county-to-work-out-utility-and-growth-dispute.html

Scott Walter on the Jesse Kelly Show: Capital Research Center that uncovered Zuck Bucks exposes the who and the why so many rich guys throw money at overthrowing our Constitutional Republic without a monetary return. Arabella: https://youtu.be/EuIsff6uSJM?si=BaEcEoBHdnG2umXs Ugly Resources: Accountable.US’s Unaccountable “Dark Money” Rootshttps://capitalresearch.org/article/accountable-uss-unaccountable-dark-money-roots/ Democratic Arabella dark money network faces IRS complaint over lining ex-Clinton aide’s pockets Nonprofit groups in the largest Democratic-linked dark money network in the United States may have illegally "diverted substantial portions... . Aug 15, 2023 Capital Research Center Require Nonprofits to Disclose Their Foreign Grantmaking The House Ways and Means Committee recently announced an examination of, among other things, “whether foreign sources of funding are being... . Sep 12, 2023 The New York Times Democrats Decried Dark Money in Politics, but Used It to Defeat Trump A New York Times analysis reveals how the left outdid the right at raising and spending millions from undisclosed donors to defeat Donald... . Aug 21, 2022 The Maine Wire Arabella Advisors, the Left's Dark Money Juggernaut, Must Open Books Following Lawsuit The liberal non-profit New Venture Fund, the largest subsidiary of the leftist dark-money organization Arabella Advisors, will be forced to... . 2 weeks ago OpenSecrets Liberal 'dark money' groups' revenue soared ahead of 2020 elections Liberal “dark money” groups got a fundraising boost in 2020 as they funneled millions of dollars into political contributions and spending. . Dec 23, 2021 Politico Documents reveal massive 'dark-money' group boosted Democrats in 2018 A little-known nonprofit called The Sixteen Thirty Fund pumped $140 million into Democratic and left-leaning causes. . Nov 19, 2019 Free Beacon Top Democratic Operatives Were Quietly Pulling the Strings at a Voting Rights Group. Lawyers Say They May Have ... In the months before the 2020 elections, the New Venture Fund had a problem. The dark money behemoth, an arm of Arabella Advisors' sprawling... . Jul 10, 2023 The Federalist WaPo Carries Water For 'Dark Money' Behind Biden's SCOTUS Nominee Arabella Advisors is the most powerful liberal lobbying force in Washington, but Glenn Kessler aims his fire at conservative groups. . Mar 14, 2022 Capital Research Center The Shadow over America: Arabella Advisors $635 Million Empire in 2018 In The Shadow over America we continue to pull back the curtain on this vast political machine known as Arabella Advisors. . Sep 16, 2020 Capital Research Center Accountable.US's Unaccountable “Dark Money” Roots Against a backdrop of corruption allegations and partisanship, three “progressive” watchdog groups have formed Accountable.

Mail-in ballots without dates, or with incorrect dates, should not be counted, federal appeals court rules. View Epoch Times Post here. A state law in Pennsylvania that requires mail-in ballots to be dated is legal, a federal appeals court has ruled. The law, which says that voters must fill out, date, and sign envelopes containing the ballots, is not prevented by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a majority said in the March 27 ruling. That act bans denying “the right of any individual to vote in any election because of an error or omission on any record or paper relating to any application, registration or other act requisite to voting.” But that provision “only applies when the state is determining who may vote,” U.S. Circuit Judge Thomas Ambro, appointed by former President Bill Clinton, wrote for the majority of a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit panel. “In other words, its role stops at the door of the voting place. The provision does not apply to rules, like the date requirement, that govern how a qualified voter must cast his ballot for it to be counted.” The same court ahead of the 2022 election ruled that state officials must count undated ballots, but the U.S. Supreme Court vacated that order. After the state’s acting secretary of state said counties should still count undated ballots, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that counties could not count mail-in ballots with missing or incorrect dates. About 7,900 ballots were not counted in the 2020 election because they were missing a signature or date or had an inaccurate date, according to state officials. U.S. District Judge Susan Paradise Baxter later ruled that the Pennsylvania law violated the Civil Rights Act provision, meaning Pennsylvania officials had to count mail-in ballots even if they lacked dates or contained inaccurate dates. RELATED STORIES RNC Files Election Integrity Lawsuit Targeting Michigan’s Handling of Absentee Ballots 3/28/2024 Behind Massive Mail-in Ballot Push Is a Little-Noticed Executive Order 3/28/2024 “Federal law prohibits a state from erecting immaterial roadblocks, such as this, to voting,” Judge Baxter, appointed by former President Donald Trump, wrote at the time, referring to the Pennsylvania law. According to the law, a voter casting a ballot by mail must mark the ballot and then place it inside a provided envelope. That envelope must then be placed into a second envelope, which contains the areas for the date and signature. “The elector shall then fill out, date and sign the declaration printed on such envelope,” the law states. “This is a crucial victory for election integrity and voter confidence in the Keystone State and nationwide. Pennsylvanians deserve to feel confident in the security of their mail ballots, and this Third Circuit ruling roundly rejects unlawful left-wing attempts to count undated or incorrectly dated mail ballot,” Michael Whatley, the RNC’s chairman, said in a statement after the new ruling was handed down. Groups that sued over the law expressed disappointment. “If this ruling stands, thousands of Pennsylvania voters could lose their vote over a meaningless paperwork error. The ballots in question in this case come from voters who are eligible and who met the submission deadline,“ Mike Lee, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, said in a statement. ”In passing the Civil Rights Act, Congress put a guardrail in place to be sure that states don’t erect unnecessary barriers that disenfranchise voters. It’s unfortunate that the court failed to recognize that principle. Voters lose as a result of this ruling.” The ruling can be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, but the groups have not yet indicated whether they'll appeal. Justice Samuel Alito has said that the Pennsylvania law did not appear to violate the Civil Rights Act provision because it did not deny people the right to vote. “When a mail-in ballot is not counted because it was not filled out correctly, the voter is not denied ’the right to vote,'” he said previously. “Rather, that individual’s vote is not counted because he or she did not follow the rules for casting a ballot.” Several other justices supported his view, offered in a dissent when the rest of the court initially said Pennsylvania counties could keep counting undated ballots. Judge Ambro offered a similar rationale, writing that the provision “targets laws that restrict who may vote” and “does not preempt state requirements on how qualified voters may cast a valid ballot, regardless what (if any) purpose those rules serve.” He was joined by U.S. Circuit Judge Cindy Chung, who was appointed by President Joe Biden. U.S. Circuit Judge Patty Shwartz, an appointee of President Barack Obama and the third member of the panel that ruled, said in a dissent that the provision “means that state actors cannot deprive a voter of the right to vote due to an error or omission he makes on papers that he must complete to have his ballot counted, including on papers distinct from application or registration forms, if the mistake is not relevant to the State’s ability to ascertain whether he is qualified under state law to vote in the election.”