The Rant – Politics
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The Rant – Politics
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By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com A large crowd of mostly young people demonstrated in support of immigration rights in Sanford on Monday night, with estimates ranging from 100 to as many as 250 people in attendance. The crowd stood along the sidewalk on Main Street near the intersection with South Horner Boulevard, holding signs and ..read more
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By Richard Sullins | richard@rantnc.com If Lee County’s commissioners thought the holiday break would discourage a group of school support staff from continuing to push for raises and other changes in their status, they would have been disappointed Monday by the sight of two more support staff appearing for the third straight month in pursuit ..read more
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By Richard Sullins | richard@rantnc.com The crowd was small as the Lee County Board of Education convened for their final scheduled meeting of 2024 on Tuesday. The highlight of the evening was expected to be the administration of oath of office to three new members of the board following the November 5 election, giving the ..read more
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By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com A candidate for the North Carolina Supreme Court has challenged more than 60,000 votes across the state in a quest to overcome his opponent’s slim lead. Of the votes being challenged by Republican Jefferson Griffin, 215 are in Lee County. Democrat Allison Riggs leads the race by just over 600 ..read more
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By Richard Sullins | richard@rantnc.com Among five members of the public who addressed the Lee County Board of Education on November 12 was Democratic County Commissioner Cameron Sharpe, who had been re-elected to another four-year term as a commissioner seven days earlier, and who decried internet comments made against him by a member of the ..read more
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By Richard Sullins | richard@rantnc.com The front parking lot at Lee County High School was nearly overflowing Tuesday night as more than 100 staff members from the 17 schools across the district attended November’s school board meeting, many of them wearing t-shirts bearing the names of their schools and their mascots. Board meetings are often ..read more
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Lee County is certain to exceed its vote total from 2020 once the polls close on Election Day, scheduled for Tuesday. 23,806 ballots were cast during the early voting period, which ran from October 17 through Saturday. That’s nearly 96 percent of the 24,855 Lee Countians who voted in the 2020 election, and more than ..read more
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UPDATE (5:24 p.m.): The ticket link to this event now says Vance and Donald Trump Jr. will appear at the Raleigh Exec Jetport in Sanford, and does not list the former president as a speaker. ABC 11 and other outlets who have reported that Trump would be part of the rally haven’t updated their stories ..read more
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By Richard Sullins | richard@rantnc.com A week after early voting began in North Carolina, voter turnout is setting records statewide – and in Lee County – as people try to beat the crowds when Election Day comes on November 5. As of the closing of the early voting sites at the Bob Hales Center in ..read more
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A CBS News report released Monday shows Jim Womack, chairman of the Lee County Republican Party and a North Carolina “election integrity” activist, listing “Hispanic sounding last names” as one of several factors that could make a voter “suspicious” and subject to challenge. From the CBS report: In a video obtained by CBS News, the ..read more