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The Hill: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4007285-north-carolina-abortion-bill-veto-override/ The GOP-controlled North Carolina General Assembly on Tuesday evening overrode a veto from the governor on a bill that prohibits abortions after 12 weeks and imposes more restrictions on providers and patients. The lower chamber’s vote came after the state Senate voted to override the veto earlier Tuesday. Gov. Roy Cooper (D) had vetoed the bill over the weekend, lambasting Republicans for including “medically unnecessary obstacles and restrictions.” North Carolina had allowed for abortions up to 20 weeks, but that time frame is now reduced to 12 weeks as the bill becomes law. The 12-week ban is set to go into effect immediately. Some provisions will go into effect later this year, such as heightened restrictions on administering medical abortions and licensing requirements for new abortion facilities. However, N.C. Democratic lawmakers have argued the law actually limits abortions to a shorter time frame, owing to how it reduces when medical abortions can be performed to 10 weeks. Medical abortions account for more than half of all abortions in the U.S. Abortion clinics are now vulnerable to losing their licensing with the enactment of this bill as it allows the North Carolina Medical Care Commission to “adopt, amend and appeal” the rules applied to such facilities. Republicans in the state have framed this bill as a compromise or middle ground, arguing that a 12-week limit does not go as far as other abortion bills passed in GOP-led states and have also pointed to the provisions that incentivize health care, child care and provide free contraception. The vote was not unexpected, with the North Carolina GOP having a veto-proof majority in the legislature after state Rep. Tricia Cotham switched over to the Republicans Party a few months following her election. Cooper had appealed to constituents in districts represented by GOP lawmakers, urging them to call on their representatives to vote against the bill, but no legislators came forward before it was overridden. Abortion pill fight comes to America’s most conservative appeals court Kerry challenges oil industry to prove its promised tech rescue for climate-wrecking emissionsDemocrats in North Carolina have few options in fighting this vote. While they may be able to delay its enactment through lower courts for a short time, conservative justices have had a supermajority in the state’s supreme court ever since November when two Republicans claimed seats on the bench. In the long term, North Carolina Democrats plan to use this vote to bring about a referendum at the ballots in 2024, possibly taking down the conservative supermajority. “I think that this will fuel everything going into 2024,” Anderson Clayton, chairperson of the North Carolina Democratic Party, said. “This is a health care decision for women and for people who have babies. And I think that there’s a lack of willingness to believe that people across North Carolina are going to stand up in 2024 against this, but I fully expect them to.” TAGS NORTH CAROLINA ABORTION BAN ROY COOPER ROY COOPER Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. SHARETWEET

Election Bills Introduced by NCGA Election Bills Introduced by NCGA: Green: Support Red: Oppose Black: Neutral Senate Bills: --S88 same as H304 (Election Day Integrity Act) – Support – (revisions suggested) --S89** similar to H641 (No Private $ in Elections) – Support - (revisions suggested) --S137 (Constitutional Amendment to Remove Literacy Test) - Neutral --S226 (Freedom to Vote) - Oppose --S306 (Fix Our Democracy) - Strongly Oppose --S313 (Safeguard Fair Elections Act) - Oppose (see also H372) --S349 (Whiz Kids/Slow Pokes Registration) - Strongly Oppose --S352** (Remove Foreign Citizens from Voter Rolls) – Support (also see H365) --S416 (Popular Election) – Oppose (See also H191) --S471 (Automatic Voter Registration) – Oppose --S484 same as H713 (Make Election Day a State Holiday) – Neutral --S544 (Revise Buffer Zone Limitations/Elections)-- Oppose --S577 (DMV Proposed Legislative Changes) (SS# to SBE – verifying voter registration data)- Support --S630** (Constitutional Amendment/Citizens Only Voting) - Support --S642 (Independent Redistricting Commission)-- Oppose --S676 (Restricted Drivers License for Undocumented Immigrants) (has election-related item in bill)- Support House Bills --H6 (Uniformed Heroes Voting Act) - Support --H9 (Independent Redistricting Process) - Oppose --H44 (Constitutional Amendment to Remove Literacy Test) - Neutral --H63** (Verify Immigration Status/SAVE) - Support [Not an Elections Bill] --H82** (Maintain Precinct Voting Data- Official Results Include All Pct Votes) -Support --H109 (Certain Prohibitions/Working/Voting-Conditional Support), (needs minor language change) --H123 (Constitutional Amendment to Limit Early Voting to 7 Days) - Support --H191 (Popular Election) - Oppose (see also S416) --H249 (J6 Riot/Overthrow Government) - Oppose --H259 (2023 Appropriations Act) (in the bill: HAVA Funds, Post Election Audit Report, Prohibit ERIC funding, Funds for Voter ID, Prohibit Private Monetary Donations in Elections)– Support (Revise “Prohibit Private Monetary Donations” section if possible)- Headed to Conference Committee to reconcile differences --H293 (Freedom to Vote) - Oppose --H303** (Shorten One-Stop Early Voting at county BOE by 3 days) – Support --H304 (Election Day Integrity Act) – Support (see also as S88) - (revisions suggested)- Passed out of Elections Committee --H352** (Remove Foreign Citizens from Voter Rolls) - Support --H362 (Fix Our Democracy) - Strongly Oppose --H365 (Require that Jurors be US Citizens) - Support - (revisions suggested) --H372 (Safeguard Fair Elections Act) - Oppose (See also S313) --H376 (Little Federal Model for Senate Representation) -Questionable Necessity --H388 (Increase Threshold- Campaign Cash Contributions) - Passed Out of Elections Committee --H396** (Repeal Participation in ERIC)-- Support --H475 (Revise Certain Ballot; 48 Hour Report Reqs.) - Support --H485** (Provisional Ballot/Same Day Registration) - Strongly Support --H613 (Access to Voted Ballot)- Support (minor revisions needed) --H641** (No Soliciting Certain Funds/Elections Boards) (see S89; H259) - Support - (revisions suggested) --H694 (Campaign Finance Late Reports)- Support --H706 (Electioneering/Voter Photos)-- Strongly Oppose until proposed Buffer Zone restrictions set at 200' are restored to 50'. --H708 (Clarify Felon Voting Rights) --H709 (Election Director Dismissal)-- Neutral --H713 Same as S484 (Election Day a Holiday) - Neutral --H728** (Maintenance of Voter Records)- Support (major revisions needed to remove duplicate and foreign national registrations) --H770** (Access to Voted Ballots)-- Strong Support --H772** (Poll Observer Activity)-- Strong Support --H816 (Poll Observers)-- Support (revisions needed to observe counting of absentee ballots) --H818 (Performance Bonds for Vendors)-- Neutral --H851 (Open Primaries & Ranked Choice Voting)-- Strongly Oppose Election language Still to be Inserted in Bills: **UOCAVA Reforms **Local BOE Transparency **Out-of-State College Student Voting **Retention of Election Records **Standing for NCGA & Private Citizens **Restrictions for Student/Campus Registration & Voting Coordination Updates from NCEIT Working Groups **Backbrief on Legislative Action Day (Thursday- May 18th)- Sue, Jane, Joanne **NCEIT Update Briefings last week in in Davie County (May 16th) & New Hanover County (May 17th) **Upcoming NCEIT Update Briefing in Onslow County (6:30PM, May 30) Election Integrity Network Update- (EIN Staff) **National Updates- Cleta, Ned, Others Schedule of National Working Group Calls this week: Tuesday (05.23) 4 p.m. | Vulnerable Voters WG | https://virginiainstitute-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqdu2prz4vGdA8IAM9UwWUlxa9uxRrttmE#/registration 6 p.m. | EIN: Citizen's Research Project | https://virginiainstitute-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwuf--rrD8sHdzRTe66AgWBqCiijOrfc6S0#/registration Wednesday (05.24) 2 p.m. | EIN: National Legislative WG | https://virginiainstitute-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkcuuprD0sHNYMYEkRvCP2cdbwB7WdH76U#/registration 4 p.m. | EIN: National Voter Rolls WG | https://virginiainstitute-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkde6qqDoqG92187qsXDkSdTVaju3PaGz3#/registration Thursday (05.25) 4 p.m. | EIN: Election Technology WG| https://virginiainstitute-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIod-qtpjkjH9Q6WwGK_Nux3-3oWbnu6-YR#/registration 7 p.m. | EIN: Introduction to Election Integrity Coalitions & Infrastructure | https://virginiainstitute-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0uc-Cgqj4vHd32jSJS8Vz1PAzsr09ioS_e#/registration

https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/05/07/britain-voter-id-no-mass-disenfranchisement/ There were no reports of widespread denial of voting by recently implemented voter identification (ID) requirements in England’s local elections this week, despite left-wing scaremongering, The National Pulse can report. The decision to introduce voter ID laws follow the practice of an increasing majority of developed nations. Before Britain introduced voter ID, it was the only nation in Europe that did not have any requirements upon entering the voting booth. Disenfranchisement. Prior to the elections on Thursday May 4th, far-left organizations warned of “millions” of voters being disenfranchised by the move to secure Britain’s elections. “It doesn’t matter how the government tries to dress it up, these plans will make it harder for working-class, older and black, Asian and minority ethnic Britons to vote,” said the Labour Party’s Cat Smith. As of Thursday night, however, the goal-posts had shifted significantly, with the leftist Electoral Reform Society’s Jess Garland claiming: “One voter turned away is one voter too many. The Government must take lessons from the problems we’re seeing today at polling stations across the country and face up to the fact that these new rules damage our elections more than they protect them.” But by and large, there don’t appear to have been “problems… across the country”. In fact, the few people who reported forgetting to bring identification with them were turned around, only to return a few minutes later with the requisite information, per Sky News. “In 40 minutes at another nearby polling station, 16 people came to vote – with two people turned away. [Voters who gave the names] Lal and Man had photographs of their passports but were told they needed hard copies. But 10 minutes after being turned away, they were back – proudly brandishing their IDs and keen to vote.” The ousted, left-wing Member of Parliament Tom Brake claimed in a press release to legacy media that “thousands” had been denied their right to vote, though failed to cite any sources reflecting this. Even so, against a backdrop of millions of votes cast, the number of people turned away for refusing to bring valid identification to the polling booth is unlikely to work exceed the usual number of rejected or spoiled ballots commonly experienced in elections. Even the far-left ‘Byline Times‘ could only muster up the claims of a few dozen people to undergird their claims of mass disenfranchisement – a far cry from the “millions” campaigners warned of months ahead of the vote. In Fact, A Success. Peter Stanyon, the Chief Executive of the Association of Electoral Administrators, actually confirmed to the Guardian that there were “no reported incidents of major concern.” “I’ve been to a couple of polling stations today and it’s going through all very smoothly. There were two voters who had forgotten their ID and were coming back later, but that’s the only two they were aware of,” he said. “Everyone else is coming to the station with ID ready to show staff. There is no major issues we’re aware of at this stage.” There were 22 forms of valid ID that met the eligibility criteria; if someone did not possess one of those 22, they could apply for a free voter authority certificate or even send a postal vote. Race Grifting. Just as in the United States, the claim has been consistently made that minorities would be disenfranchised by the new rules. This race-baiting claim was put to rest in so-called “super diverse”, English city of Leicester, where more than 59 percent of residents have a minority background. One of Leicester Council’s spokesman said of the rules: “[T]he majority of people turning up appear to be aware of the new rules and have brought the right forms of photo ID.” Shazad Khan, a Labour voter, told The Financial Times that the consensus among the British voters was “that it’s better because obviously then there can’t be any dodgy votes or anything like that.” He added that the only problem was that some people forgot to bring ID. Coming to America. In comparison to most other developed nations, the United States lags behind in securing its elections from both outside interference, and domestic fraud. It remains one of a mere handful of countries that does not demand some form of voter ID. At the end of April, the North Carolinian Supreme Court voted 5-2 in favor of enforcing a mandatory photo ID for the 2024 elections, despite claims that voter ID was “racially discriminatory.” A statement issued by the North Carolina Republican Party argues, “[a] strong majority of North Carolina voters voted to replace those judicial activists last fall, just like they voted to adopt Voter ID requirements. For the last decade, Democrats have obstructed the Will of the People, but now North Carolina will be among the three dozen states requiring some form of ID to vote.” Against a backdrop of continued skepticism of America’s 2020 election results, it appears only a matter of time before the U.S. follows the international push towards ensuring election integrity. An April 2023 poll revealed a whopping 60 percent of U.S. voters think cheating affected America’s 2022 mid-term elections. John Pullinger, the chairman of Britain’s Electoral Commission said his organization would provide a “really detailed full report in September that will have recommendations on what we need to do about any challenges that people faced.”

Grassroots folks like us have been kicked to the curb and disenfranchised by the RINOs. You ask them about change, and they say it's 'no good for the party.' What about the country! t's why so many of us have flushed the GOP into the septic tank and are no longer registered Republicans. The powers that be don't uphold their own party platform or hold those elected to the GOP party platform - like Turncoat Tillis. John Kane is not only as disgusted as we are, he's putting his money where his mouth is. If you are going to this convention on June 10th just for the business meeting, please vote for change. Below are 23 reasons to vote John Kane! Registration deadline is Tuesday, June 6th. Register early that day before they change the cut off time.

Just a reminder: Jim Womack is the CEO of the North Carolina Election Integrity Team - NCEIT.org. Cleta Mitchell, a former Trump attorney, is a nationally recognized election law attorney, author, scholar and advocate, who is the inspiration and founder of the Election Integrity Network (EIN) and Who's Counting. Whoscounting.us a coalition of conservative leaders, organizations, public officials and citizens dedicated to securing the legality of every American vote. Together with Jim Womack, Asheville Tea Party, Voter Integrity Project, Liberty First Grassroots direct and organize NC counties for election integrity, training, action alerts, lobbying, and poll observer training, and more. NCEIT will be tracking our proposed legislation in the NCGA. We will be issuing Action Alerts as the omnibus bill wends its way through the General Assembly. Sign up at Join Us at https://www.nceit.org/ to make sure you don't miss an opportunity to have your voice heard. https://www.wral.com/story/nc-lawmakers-expected-to-roll-out-major-election-law-changes-with-input-from-former-trump-lawyer/20889083/ The 2024 elections in North Carolina could be conducted under far stricter rules under a proposal being crafted behind closed doors by Republican lawmakers — with input from a lawyer best known for assisting in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Republican operatives and state lawmakers expect a massive package of laws — affecting everything from voter ID to early voting, mail-in ballots, voter registration rules and more — to be filed in the coming days. “From talking to leaders in the House and Senate, it appears they’re going to bundle all these meritorious changes … and put them in an omnibus bill,” Jim Womack, a longtime GOP politician and party insider familiar with Republican leaders’ thinking on the issue, said in an interview Wednesday afternoon. “This is something my group has been pushing for.” Womack’s group is the Election Integrity Network, whose state chapter he runs with Cleta Mitchell, a former lawyer for then-President Donald Trump. She and Womack have met with high-ranking Republican lawmakers in recent weeks, pushing their goals for changes to election laws ahead of the 2024 elections. They say their changes will add security to elections and give people more faith that future results aren’t rigged. “The biggest issue across the nation is distrust in elections,” Womack said. “And it’s not just conservatives. It is more with conservatives, but it’s both sides.” Mitchell was one of several lawyers heavily involved in Trump’s failed efforts to overturn the 2020 election results — including the famous call she, Trump and others made to Georgia election officials when Trump pressured the officials to “find” enough votes to let him win the state instead of his Democratic opponent Joe Biden, who actually won. A Georgia grand jury has been investigating the incident and whether to charge Trump criminally. A big deal' Publicly, Mitchell and other Republicans say changing election laws isn't intended to target Democratic-leaning voters, but to help election security and combat fraud. Efforts to reach Mitchell for comment were unsuccessful on Wednesday. Voter fraud is extremely rare; a 2016 audit by North Carolina officials found just two cases of voter impersonation in that year’s elections, out of 4.8 million ballots cast. But it does happen; in 2018 North Carolina had to re-do a Congressional election because a campaign consultant for the Republican candidate was accused of submitting hundreds of fraudulent mail-in ballots. McCrae Dowless, the accused fixer, died last year while awaiting trial. Critics such as Democratic State Rep. Pricey Harrison say the changes Republicans are expected to roll out are mainly meant to disenfranchise Democratic voters. The last major overhaul of state elections law came in 2013, and was later struck down in court for targeting Black voters with what the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals called “almost surgical precision.” Harrison, who has long served on the election committee in the state House, said she’s been told almost nothing about the expected proposal. She suspects that many of her Republican colleagues in the General Assembly are similarly in the dark. She speculated that the effort is being driven by Republican leaders in Washington — an attempt to give the GOP any edge it can get in upcoming elections, when North Carolina is once again expected to be a key swing state. “I think these decisions are being made at a much higher pay grade than even the committee chair,” she said. Rep. Destin Hall, a top House Republican, acknowledged that House and Senate GOP leaders have been going back and forth behind closed doors about what should or shouldn’t be in the elections bill. As to when it might become public, he said, it’s hard to say. Republicans are working on the state budget and a host of other initiatives — including sports betting, medical marijuana, an expansion of private school vouchers, the annual farm act and more. “We’re trying to move a lot of these big bills,” he said. “The elections bill would be a big deal.” It’s unclear how much influence Mitchell and others have had in helping craft language of the expected proposal. Hall said he has never met with her. But a top Republican in the other chamber, Sen. Ralph Hise, said she’s one of many people he’s talked to about the bill. Hise, who chairs the Senate’s elections committee, brushed aside questions about Mitchell’s involvement in the 2020 elections: “There are a lot of people who are concerned about the security and integrity of elections,” he said. Poll: Confidence in mail-in voting, election results marked by partisan divide In recent years, election skepticism has grown in part because of disproven election conspiracies and false claims made by Trump and top allies such as Mitchell. Allegations of rigged elections persist in North Carolina even though Trump carried the state, Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis won reelection, and the GOP maintained control of the state legislature and won every statewide judicial race. Womack said he thinks there’s more voter fraud than is officially reported and doesn’t trust the multiple audits by elections officials nationwide that have found little to no fraud, saying election officials have little incentive to make themselves look bad by reporting fraud. “Even if there’s not any evidence of it, there’s certainly a lot of smoke coming off the 2020 elections,” he said. What could be in the bill Hise said that while he has been working with Womack and Mitchell on the bill, he and other GOP leaders have met with plenty of others as well: “I’ve talked to them,” Hise said. “I’ve heard from all sorts of groups across the state.” Hise said the bill could touch on early voting — which was also a big focus of the 2013 law that was overturned for racial discrimination, since GOP lawmakers used past election data from the state to cut the days of early voting that Black people were most likely to use. “Shortening the early voting period is something I would very much support it,” Hise said. “But I think it’s been clear from the 4th Circuit, at this point, that … there’s really not a lot of options for us to go back at that point.” There are other ways GOP leaders could target early voting, though, such as cracking down on same-day registration — the law that allows people to register to vote and then cast a ballot on the same day during early voting. Hise and Womack said they’re concerned that some of the people who use that aren’t who they say they are. Womack supports still allowing same-day registration, but with the change that those who use it would have to cast provisional ballots. Those wouldn’t be counted on election night but could later help decide any particularly close races, since officials take time after the election to closely review provisional ballots and make sure they're legitimate. He also wants big changes for partisan poll observers, and for North Carolina to scuttle plans to join ERIC, a national group whose supporters say is focused on helping fight voter fraud and making elections run more smoothly. Many conservatives think the group is more focused on helping Democrats win elections. ERIC couldn’t be reached for comment Wednesday night. “Their main focus is to add people to the voter rolls,” Womack said, adding: “There was an argument that said it’s a good thing for conservatives if more people vote. 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“Today’s a great day for kids – and that’s what this bill is about,” said the lead sponsor of the bill, Sen. Michael Lee (R-New Hanover), at a press conference. Cooper failed to mention during his address that he sent his own children to a private school. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/north-carolina-democrat-governor-roy-cooper-declares-state/ Governor Roy Cooper (D-NC) declared a “state of emergency” on Monday, aiming to prevent a school choice bill from passing the state legislature. Senate Bill 406, also known as “Choose Your School, Choose Your Future,” is an initiative to make opportunity scholarships (also known as “vouchers”) available to families of all income levels. This would allow parents to use public school fund allocated for their children and use it to send them to a private school of their choosing. The bill will also require public schools to allow students to graduate from high school in three years, instead of four. “Today’s a great day for kids – and that’s what this bill is about,” said the lead sponsor of the bill, Sen. Michael Lee (R-New Hanover), at a press conference. “Constituents continually support increased school choice and more access to educational options for families,” Amy Galey (R-Alamance), one of the bill’s principal sponsors, said in response to an email from WGHP. “Not every school is a good fit for every child, and when there is a disconnect, the parents should have options to be sure that their child is learning and growing appropriately.” North Carolina’s Democrat Governor, Roy Cooper, announced a state of emergency on Monday in anticipation of an override of his veto of Senate Bill 406 by the state legislature. “I’m declaring the state of emergency because you need to know what’s happening,” Cooper stated in a special address. “If you care about public schools in North Carolina, it’s time to take immediate action and tell them to stop the damage that will set back our schools for a generation.” The Democrat governor argued that the bill would expand private school vouchers, potentially allowing even wealthy individuals to receive taxpayer funds for their children’s private academy tuition. “In the next few weeks, their private school voucher scheme will pour your tax money into private schools that are unaccountable to the public and can decide which students they want to keep out. They want to expand private school vouchers so that anyone, even a millionaire, can get taxpayer money for their children’s private academy tuition,” he said. Cooper failed to mention during his address that he sent his own children to a private school.

Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates ran away from conservative journalist Laura Loomer’s questions about his election corruption and participation in a far-left election conference yesterday in Washington, DC. Twitter owner Elon Musk responded to the video, questioning the integrity of Bill Gates and the other election officials. As the Gateway Pundit reported, Gates appeared yesterday and today at the secret invite-only “Summit on American Democracy” from May 8-9 with partisan hack David Becker, who heads the Center for Election Innovation and Research (CEIR), for “A conference on the current state of American democracy and elections.” David Becker is the far-left operative who founded the ERIC system used in over 30 states, including Arizona, with 35m voter records. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/watch-maricopa-county-supervisor-bill-gates-runs-from-questions-at-secret-zuckerberg-funded-soros-tied-dc-election-summit-elon-musk-responds-theyre-supposed-to-be-impartial/

County Coordinators/Board of Elections Liaisons Please remind your GOP County Chairs to nominate the names of BOE members and Judges and poll workers need to be submitted. The below regards BOE members. There is unequal representation of judges and poll workers statewide. They need to get these lists together. Thanks. As required under N.C.G.S. § 163 and North Carolina law, the time has come for each County Party to nominate three individuals to serve on the County Board of Elections for a consecutive two-year term. Time is of the essence, as we must receive all required information by May 13th. This is a hard deadline that must be adhered to for your nominees to be placed on the Board. Attached to this email is a step-by-step PDF guide outlining the actions that should be taken to ensure a smooth and effective nomination process. Please refer to this document and reach out to us with any questions you may have. In simple terms, your County Executive Committee will need to vote on three individuals to recommend. Two will end up being appointed. As outlined in the document, please (1) send each nominee the DocuSign link for them to fill out and (2) send back your Committee’s order of preference among the three nominees to legal@ncgop.org. The DocuSign link is: https://www.docusign.net/Member/PowerFormSigning.aspx?PowerFormId=136511c8-913f-46a3-9539-114067dba723&env=na1&acct=9da54c69-828a-4d20-bd7f-9562cfd80960&v=2 Upon submission of the three nominees, with all necessary documentation, we will review and submit to the State Board of Elections with the required cover letter of nomination from Chairman Michael Whatley. Please note, there is a requirement to submit three nominations of individuals "of good moral character who are registered in the county in which they are to act." If you have any questions please let me or Matt Judge (Matt.Judge@ncgop.org) know. Respectfully, Jason Simmons Executive Director This is the memo from NCGOP to NC GOP Chairs regarding May 13th date MEMO: Instructions for County Board of Elections Nominations As required under N.C.G.S. § 163 and North Carolina law, each county party chair is required to nominate three individuals to serve on the County Board of Elections for a consecutive two-year term. Below are the following specific steps that must be completed for a smooth and effective nomination process. All final nominations and their information must be submitted to legal@ncgop.org by May 13, 2023. 1. Email Each county chair and vice-chair will receive an email from the NCGOP containing general instructions regarding the nomination process and further steps to take. Within this email, there will be an embedded DocuSign link that contains the required application that each nominee must fill out and complete in a timely manner. Once the nominee completes the DocuSign application, we will gather the names from the DocuSign return and begin the process of preparing the necessary paperwork required by the State Board of Elections for appointment. 2. Nominees As mentioned above, the county party will select three individuals whom you would like to nominate to serve on the County Board of Elections. No prior election experience is required. If the nominee holds any position within the County or State Party, they must resign prior to appointment. You will forward the email we sent to each of the selected nominees that you have chosen and instruct them to fill out the DocuSign form in full. Please have them fill this form out as soon as possible so we can verify the information and check for errors. 3. Preference List After selecting your three nominees, please email legal@ncgop.org with a list of your three nominees in order of preference. In the email subject line, please state your county. For example, “Wake BOE Nominees”. Generally, the State Board will appoint your top two selections barring some undisclosed information on the nominee. This is the final step you will have to take. Please ensure however that all three of your nominees complete the DocuSign application as soon as possible so we can prepare the necessary paperwork. Without all three applications and your preference list, we cannot submit your nominations to the State Board. 4. Chairman Whatley Letter After we have received your preference list and all three of the nominee's applications, Chairman Whatley will prepare a letter that will be sent to the State Board. At their scheduled meeting, they will appoint two individuals to sever on your County Board of Elections. 5. State Board Notification The State Board will notify the County Chair and each of the selected nominees after they hold their appointment meeting. The meetings are publicly broadcasted and can be found on the State Board of Elections website on the day of the meeting. Please feel free to let your nominees know. As always, please feel free to reach out to us with any questions or concerns you may have. This is a vital task that ensures we continue our fight for free and fair elections across all one hundred counties. Thank you again for all you do! -- North Carolina Republican Party Legal Team (919) 828-6423 | legal@ncgop.orghttps://www.nc.gop/

To: (Your GOP County Chair) Address Phone Email Date From: Your Name Address Phone Email North Carolina Election Integrity Team - NCEIT County Coordinator, _____ County Dear GOP (County) Chair, (Mr/Ms _____), Congratulations on becoming the Wake County GOP Chair. I am contacting you to introduce myself, (Your first and last name), and a non-profit that I am a volunteer with that is focused on Election Integrity in NC (https://www.nceit.org/). Mr. Jim Womack is leading NCEIT at the State level. This group was active during the last General Election. There are “Eight Systems of Election Integrity”. (See below.) We have State task force teams for each. NCEIT is now working to set-up efforts in each NC County. At present I am leading the initiative for (Your) County). One of our areas of focus is Election Judges, Observers and Greeters. We have training for Observers and Greeters and would hope to work closely with the Wake County GOP to staff as many available slots for early voting and for election day. Do you have someone that we could work with on Judges, Observers and Greeters to see how many openings were filled in the last election and if the training that we offer would suffice for the volunteers at the polling stations in future elections to prevent redundant training? It would also be beneficial to work together on recruiting volunteers for these positions. We also have had some activity with the (Your) County Board of Elections and have an active Legislative Advocacy Team at the State level led by Jim Womack. We will also be training Poll Observers again as we did in 2022. Our training is interactive and designed to give poll observers confidence in the law as well as dealing with situations that may come up during voting. If you would like to join our NC weekly Tuesday 11AM call with statewide legislative and election integrity task force updates, please sign up at Join Us on https://www.nceit.org/. We vet everyone. We will then send you an invite to the call. NCEIT wants to make it “Easy to Vote and Hard to Cheat” and is Developing Local Election Integrity Task Forces for the long-term solution to election transparency. We know that this is a goal that we share. Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to your response. Respectfully, (Your First and Last Name), NCEIT (Your) County

From Senator Warren Daniel 5/1/2023 Web page https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Reminder--NC-Senate-District-46-Newsletter.html?soid=1130799882206&aid=TU8bcY7gCKM Dear Friends, I hope everyone has had a good week! Below is a short list of topics that I wanted to cover in this newsletter. The Senate is not far from finalizing its version of the state budget, so stay tuned to future newsletters and press releases the next couple of weeks. Also, by the time you read this you will have heard in the news of the NC Supreme Court reversing a few decisions by the previous court. Those that have received this newsletter for the last few years know that I have disagreed with the previous court's outlandish decision to set aside Voter ID as unconstitutional, even though nearly 60% of the voting public approved the constitutional amendment. You also know that I disagreed with how the previous court declared redistricting maps unconstitutional without pointing to any provision in the state constitution that was violated. I will probably have more to say on the recent decisions next week. In this edition of the newsletter: Budget Update Protect children from obscenity School Choice options Help with federal agencies House Bill 259: 2023 Appropriations Act passed the House with a strong bipartisan vote of 78-38. The Senate appropriations team will be working on making the House proposal a better budget and expect that we will have a Senate version to vote on the week of May 15. The Senate budget will go through an amendment process in the Senate Appropriations Committee before a vote by the full Senate. Since the Senate budget proposal will be different from the House version, the House will likely not concur, and a conference committee of senior House and Senate members will hammer out the details to present to both chambers for a final vote. Stay tuned! SB 579 Prevent Harm to Children: I received quite a few calls about this simple 5-line bill this week. Most of the callers really didn't understand what the bill does, so allow me to explain. GS 14-190.1 outlines the definitions for obscenity and explains when it is unlawful to disseminate obscene materials. I will not list all the examples that are contained in state law because of the lewdness of the acts and exhibitions described. Currently it is already a felony to violate GS 14-190.1. SB 579 will elevate the felony charge if the dissemination of the obscene materials or exhibitions are directed toward minors. Keep in mind that there are forms of art or exhibitions that may be offensive to many of us, but as long as they do not rise to the level of obscenity defined in GS14-190.1, they are not violations of state law. SB 406/HB 823 Choose Your School, Choose Your Future. This is a broad school choice bill which is moving through the Senate that will change how the Opportunity Scholarship program will be administered. Very simply, under SB 406 all K-12 children in North Carolina will be eligible for Opportunity Scholarships, based on a sliding income scale. I have heard from many parents on the issue of 'school choice' and I will be closely following this bill. I encourage you to click the link to the bill to learn more about what this bill will do. I also encourage you to look up HB 823 to see what that bills seeks to do for families in North Carolina. This topic will certainly be one to follow. Volunteering helps to reduce depression, increase life satisfaction, and gives people purpose. If you’re an animal lover but can’t have a pet where you live, you could volunteer at your local animal shelter. Other examples of volunteer opportunities include libraries, museums, parks and zoos, ministries or other non-profits. To find more volunteer activities, visit the North Carolina Volunteer Opportunities website to discover opportunities that are available in the state. Interested in following along with next week's legislative business? Clicking on the image below will take you to the Legislative Calendar.

Vulnerable Voters: Nursing Homes/Adult Care/Military and Overseas/High School and College students https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hkOpGQzvP2DsvzemKwr-UEr4QUratYJG-Afkc2v29Gk/edit#

Bicentennial Plaza https://goo.gl/maps/zYdzRuKNJUJaiDiW9 Event Location: 16 W. Jones St as event location (across from Legislative Building) - https://goo.gl/maps/25Db3wjbMTDWFzgV7 Here are links to parking lots: https://goo.gl/maps/voDeFvBmpJEQMKYK9 #75 Parking Deck Lot #2 near Legislative OFFICE Bldg. 333 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh 27603 The other parking lot choice is across from the State Archives of NC on Jones St. https://goo.gl/maps/9pStayrquAEuXf9N8 Listed as 101 N Wilmington St, Raleigh 27601 (closest to Bicentennial Plaza)