Cabarrus Cheap Seats

Dr. Shepherd and Board members:
Tonight, I am tendering my resignation as a member of the Cabarrus County Board of Education.  I have been offered a teaching position at Concord High School.  You will be receiving a personnel list tonight, which includes my name for board approval.  State law requires that a school board member resign [...]

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Race too close to call
Provisional ballots count could change the 2 GOP commissioner nominees
Two Cabarrus County primary races are so close that they may not be settled until elections officials count provisional ballots next week.
School board member Liz Poole led the voting Tuesday in a race to determine the Republican nominees who will compete for [...]

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You can see the results here.
Some thoughts:

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UPDATE: After 7:30PM EDT - You should start seeing some results…otherwise, SCROLL PAST THESE AND DO SOME RESEARCH!!!
RESULTS - CABARRUS COUNTY - It scrolls!
RESULTS ANALYSIS - This looks pretty cool, if it works.
RESULTS - STATEWIDE 
Here are some links that might be helpful for those going to the polls (not poles) Tuesday.
ALL POSTS ABOUT THE 2008 [...]

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Holly and Liz participated in a series of comments that might give you some insights to them as candidates.  Bob Carruth even joined the fray.
This seems to be the closest thing we’ll get to an exchange between the candidates for the primary.
These comments were moved from Steve’s REBIC thread.

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OK, a lot has happened since we last visited this:

Jim Johnson has filed for Fletcher Hartsell’s seat. Will Hartsell set a record for beating the greatest number of people in an election?
There’s a primary fight in the GOP. Liz Poole and Marcy Hiers filed. That makes it a four-way race for two [...]

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Many times our exposure to the press only brings out the negative. I’ll admit that I’m much more apt to post something when I’m motivated by negative feelings than positive ones. However, this ballot is full of people who want to make a difference locally and I’d like to share messages I’ve received over the [...]

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I wrote a letter to the editor endorsing Liz Poole and I’d like to share it with y’all. Often, we forget about the School Board candidates at the bottom of the ballot. However, they make important decisions regarding the spending of our taxes and the education of our children.
Here’s the letter about Liz:

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In a poll released last week by the North Carolina Center for Voter Education, more NC Voters could identify recent American Idol winner Carrie Underwood than they could Attorney General Roy Cooper.
In their article, they postulate that public financing would take the pressure off of candidates; but I have another idea. A review of the [...]

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