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Conversely, we see how costly our narrow loss was of the North Carolina Supreme Court was in 2020, which up until then had a liberal majority. The new conservative supreme court majority immediately overturned previous court decisions in a blatantly partisan fashion.

Tragically, Cheri Beasley lost by just 400 votes out of 5.4 million cast. Part of the story is that local election boards rejected more than 2000 specific absentee and provisional ballots.

https://apnews.com/article/state-elections-north-carolina-elections-courts-voting-f306377fbc13ff2675ee33b897750de2

Today, North Carolina Republicans are trying to steal Allison Riggs’ recent election victory for the State Supreme Court. Also, the Republican super-majority in the state legislature is trying to strip incoming Governor Josh Stein of key powers. Stopping those undemocratic power grabs is absolutely essential!

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