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Elections Leader Named To Probe North Carolina Congress Race
North Carolina's governor has named a new state elections board chairman tasked with leading an investigation into alleged absentee ballot fraud and irregularities in a very close congressional race.
Gov. Roy Cooper told reporters Monday that he would elevate Vice Chairman Joshua Malcolm to the top position. The previous chairman, Andy Penry, resigned over the weekend, shortly after Republicans accused Penry of violating board rules because of overtly partisan comments he made online in recent months.
North Carolina GOP Proposes Another Retooled Elections Board
Republicans in the North Carolina legislature have offered another alternative to resolve a longstanding legal battle with Gov. Roy Cooper over the state elections board.
A House bill filed late Monday would separate duties of the elections panel between a five-member board administering state elections and an eight-member board handling lobbying, ethics and campaign finance matters.
The governor's party likely would hold three of the five positions on the proposed elections board. No party could hold more than half the seats on the lobbying, ethics and campaign finance board.
UNC Trustees Approve Moving Toppled Statue
The trustees of North Carolina's flagship university have approved a proposal to construct a new building to house a toppled Confederate monument.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill trustees overwhelmingly approved the plan Monday, though at least one member voted no.
An estimated several hundred protesters marched peacefully but noisily against it hours later Monday night.
The proposal now goes to the Board of Governors that oversees the statewide university system. They're expected to take it up at a meeting Dec. 14.
Chancellor Carol Folt, who presented the plan, stressed that she would have preferred to move the statue completely off campus but that option would likely have conflicted with a state law governing Confederate statues and other monuments.
Police Apprehend Man With Guns At Greensboro High School
Police have taken a man into custody after officers found two guns on him at a Greensboro high school.
A news release from Greensboro police said the man entered the cafeteria at Smith High School on Monday and was questioned by employees, who called for a lockdown. A school resource officer confronted the man and noticed the weapons. The man ran, but the resource officer and other officers caught him.
Authorities said 29-year-old Steve Brantley Spence of Norfolk, Virginia, had two handguns and a backpack with boxes of ammunition. Police also found a stolen car with another gun in it.
Investigators believe Spence's intended target was someone at the school with whom he had a personal relationship.
North Carolina University: No Threat On Campus
The president of William Peace University says police have determined there was no threat posed to the small liberal arts college in downtown Raleigh after it went on alert earlier in the day to a report of a possible gunman.
The school had issued a call for people to shelter in place on campus early Monday after police informed the university of a threat that was called in.
A university statement on Twitter says Raleigh police responded quickly and determined there was no threat.
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