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Watauga County Board of Elections Featured on MSNBC ‘The Rachel Maddow Show’ Thursday, Watch Video Here

Aug. 15, 2013. “The Rachel Maddow Show” on MSNBC focused on Watauga County, including Boone and ASU, during an 11-minute segment regarding elections and voting in North Carolina. The segment included video footage from the Watauga County Board of Elections meeting last Monday that was filmed by Jesse Presnell, third vice chair of the Watauga County Democratic Party, and a screenshot of High Country Press coverage of the contentious meeting. Watch video…
BY JESSE WOOD

Local Dems: Recent Watauga Elections Meeting To Be Featured on The Rachel Maddow Show Tonight or Friday

Aug. 15, 2013. North Carolina has been on the national stage this summer for sweeping legislation ranging from unemployment cuts and abortion restrictions to most recently the Voter ID bill. Now, Watauga County and the Town of Boone will receive its share of the limelight.
BY JESSE WOOD

Boone Mayor Pens Letter To State Board of Elections Chair, Voices ‘Dismay’ Over Watauga Elections Meeting

Aug. 15, 2013. In a letter dated Aug. 14, Boone Mayor Loretta Clawson wrote to Joshua Howard, chairman of the State Board of Elections, stating her “dismay” over the actions taken at the Watauga County Board of Elections meeting held on Monday morning. “I ask that your office look into the situation that in my opinion makes it impossible to conduct a fair and impartial election,” Clawson wrote.
BY JESSE WOOD

After ‘So Many Comments’ State Board of Elections Reviewing Monday’s Watauga Elections Board Meeting

Aug. 14, 2013. The State Board of Elections is currently reviewing comments from citizens, media coverage and video footage of the Watauga County Board of Elections meeting on Aug. 12, Don Wright, general counsel for the State Board of Elections, said on Wednesday morning.
BY JESSE WOOD

Boos, Chants Fill Heated Watauga County Board of Elections Meeting Monday, ASU Voting Site Eliminated

Aug. 12, 2013. While admonishing the other two members on the Watauga County Board of Elections, Kathleen Campbell, a Democrat on the three-member board, threatened legal action multiple times during the heated Watauga County Board of Elections meeting on Monday that included a roomful of boos and jeers and ended with a chant of “shame on you.”

The meeting, which initially began in the board room of the Watauga County Board of Elections office in the courthouse, recessed after 20 minutes and re-convened in the commissioners’ boardroom next door to accommodate dozens of community members, many wearing green in protest of agenda items the Republican majority, Bill Aceto and Luke Eggers, would pass before the meeting’s adjournment.
BY JESSE WOOD

Watauga County Board of Elections Meets Monday, Democrats: Agenda Items Will Affect Boone Voting Rights

Aug. 9, 2013. The Watauga County Board of Elections will meet on Monday, Aug. 12, at 9 a.m. in the elections’ office inside the Watauga County Courthouse on King Street. The scheduling of the meeting comes days after the announcement that Luke Eggers of Boone was appointed as the third and final board member on the Watauga County Board of Elections – weeks after Jim Hastings declined the appointment.
BY JESSE WOOD

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