This newspaper story explains the latest developments on determining who the board members are, on the North Carolina State Board of Elections. The Board still has staff and most of its functions are being carried out. For example, candidates have been filing to run in the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian primaries. But the Board staff has taken the position that because there are no board members, the staff doesn’t have the authority to declare that the Green Party has complied with the law on how a party becomes qualified.
NO vetoes – MAX separation of powers
NONPARTISAN exec/judic officers via AppV
IE some real chance Civil WAR 2 may start in NC or VA —
due to party hack machinations
Younger folks on list — NC Justice Sam Ervin IV opinion
– assumed relative of USA Senator Sam Ervin. 1 hero in Watergate Affair —
saving the USA Const from destruction from the many Prez Nixon felon gangsters in 1972-1974.
End of Era — before 1974 — after 1974.
The US Senator was Sam Ervin Jr. His son, Sam Ervin III was appointed an appeals court judge by President Carter. Sam Ervin IV is the grandson of the senator. He goes by his middle name, so he is Justice Jimmy the grandson of Senator Sam.
It is not entirely true the Green Party cannot qualify for the NC ballot. The SBOE staff told them that they could not certify their application. But they suggested the appeal to the Superior Court in Wake County, which has been acting on election law matters in the absence of an appointed board.