As redistricting cases go, it seemed a minor one, except the final ruling produced this major news: Racial bias no longer affects North Carolina elections.

The plaintiffs claim the state’s General Assembly interfered in local elections by preventing voters from adopting alternative election districts.

Thus far, four of seven Durham’s registered PACs have released endorsements for the primary and municipal elections.

Dallas Woodhouse has frequently voiced his support for conservative views on election issues that he may now be tasked with overseeing.

North Carolina State Auditor Dave Boliek hired Dallas Woodhouse, former executive director of the state Republican Party, to oversee elections boards across the state.

North Carolina state auditor Dave Boliek has appointed Dallas Woodhouse as an election liaison for the state, a newly created role that comes months after North Carolina’s GOP-dominated Legislature transferred authority of the state’s elections from the Democratic governor to the Republican auditor.