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"As servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance ... in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger ... (we are) genuine, yet regarded as impostors; known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed."
II Corinthians 6:4-9
Poll observers added
in victory for NC GOP

The North Carolina Board of Elections is rewriting a rule to remove restrictions placed on poll observers in response to overwhelming Republican objection during a sustained opposition campaign.
 
The current statute allows two precinct-specific observers to serve at one time in shifts of at least four hours, before being relieved by two different precinct-specific observers. However, an original rule revision proposed by the Board of Elections would have limited the number of precinct-specific observers to two for an entire day. 

The North Carolina legislature in May introduced a bill addressing the need to expand poll watchers.

“The State Board of Elections’ proposed rule would have placed a substantial burden on the participation of volunteer observers in the election process, which is key to public confidence in the results of an election,” NC GOP chairman Michael Whatley said.
Miriam Chu
appointed NC
GOP secretary

Moore County's Miriam Chu, who recently completed a term as vice chair of the North Carolina Republican Party, will continue in an active role.

Chu recently was appointed party secretary by NC GOP chair Michael Whatley.
NC Senate bill limits
absentee ballot counting

Why is it not logical to identify Election Day as the election deadline for receipt of absentee ballots?

Senate Bill 326 addresses this loophole now present in North Carolina. It proposes that state law become consistent with the majority of states, including President Joe Biden’s home state of Delaware.

Current law allows absentee ballots to be received by the Board of Elections up to three days after Election Day. Senate Bill 326 would require absentee ballots to be received by Election Day, not three days later.
Sock Hop fundraiser
puts feet on the ground

The Moore County Republican Women raised $1,515 in cash alone on June 19 during its inaugural Sock Hop and Lip Sync gala at The Country Club of North Carolina. The final accounting is to be determined and will include registration fees.

MRW leader Pauline Bruno was the inspiration behind an evening organized to raise funds for a legacy project known as Charters of Freedom. She and countless volunteers came through, delivering one of the most entertaining and unifying fundraisers local Republicans have experienced.

Proceeds from the evening will be allocated to the costs of building Charters of Freedom monuments in Moore County. The charters are the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Heretofore, Americans could view the original documents only by traveling to Washington, DC. The Charters project will deliver bronze inlaid duplicates of these precious documents enclosed under glass and surrounded by stone and steel.

The Moore County Commissioners are in the process of identifying a location for the Charters display, accessible to families and school field trips. Funding is up to Moore County donors.
Resources, information at your fingertips on Moore GOP site

If you have not visited the Moore County GOP web site lately, come back for a visit. Content and calendar items are updated and easy to access.
Travis-Sexton show debuts
in Rush 12 pm ET time slot

Your humble newsletter editor monitored the debut of the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show today on the Premier radio network. Their show is tasked with replacing Rush Limbaugh. Impossible. But their three-hour debut was nothing short of meeting the moment. Premier wisely has handed the time slot to a younger generation.

As an example, during a discussion about Wuhan virus vaccines, the hosts were talking about their parents receiving vaccines in the present tense, whereas as Rush frequently spoke of his parents, long deceased.

As a measure of the demographic to which Travis and Sexton will appeal, a live straw poll they rolled out on Day One concluded that 70% of their listeners would put Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ahead of Donald Trump as the Republican candidate for President in 2024.
Wuhan Virus origin narrative
shifts as evidence emerges

A Chinese scientist who previously voiced concerns that COVID-19's genome was unnatural, completely reversed that opinion under duress. Any further suggestion that COVID-19 did not naturally emerge was dismissed as a conspiracy theory after February 2020. Read more
Quotable

"Our 21st-century revolutionaries are multibillionaires (in contrast to the 1960s radicals) with flip-flops, tie-dye T-shirts, and nose rings, but with absolute power and desire to censor how half the country communicates -- or cancel them entirely."
Victor Davis Hanson writing for The Epoch Times, June 16, 2021. Read more.

"In case (California Gov. Gavin Newsome) changes his mind about reopening, I made a trip to Trader Joe's ... I counted 50 shoppers, 49 masked. ... I was the only one not wearing a mask, and I was loving it."
Andy Kessler, writing for the Wall Street Journal, June 21, 2021. Read more.
Act now: New York Tenors'
Saturday concert will sell-out

The acclaimed trio known as the New York Tenors will headline a major Moore Republican fund-raiser this Saturday evening. Vocal artists Andy Cooney, Daniel Rodriguez and Christopher Macchio take audiences on a truly memorable adventure.

Enjoy a preview. Click here.

The gala will be hosted in the Bradshaw Center for the Performing Arts at Sandhills Community College. Admission costs are tiered, beginning with box seats at $250 per person. Tickets to see the Tenors always sell-out when they play iconic venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York. Details to come. (A portion of funds raised will be allocated to the Sandhills Young Republicans).
Upcoming
Education First Alliance
Action Group
Thursday, June 24
7 - 8:30 pm
Join our group of parents and community members dedicated to taking Wake County Public Schools back from the NCAE teachers' union
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NEW DATE
Foundation for Applied
Conservative Leadership
Political Leadership School
Saturday, August 7
9 am - 5:30 pm
Phoenix Global Support HQ
2847 Bridgewood Dr., Fayetteville
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Independence Day Parades
Autos and Marchers

Carthage
Saturday, July 3
11 am
Assemble 10:30 am
@ John Deere

Pinehurst
Saturday, July 3
Assemble 9:30 am
@ Village Hall
Moore GOP float / paraders
Details: Laura Sumrall
760.451.5095
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Independence Day Celebration
National Athletic Village
Friday, July 2
6:30 - 9:30 pm
Family ticket: $35
Adults 18+: $15
Children 3-17: $12
Food trucks
Beer Garden
Fireworks finale

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Looking ahead ...
James E. Houlshouser Jr.
Speaker Series
Inaugural live event
Thursday, September 9
Remembering Gov. Houlshouser
Bradshaw Performing Arts Center
Sandhills Community College
Sign a petition to demand Critical Race Theory's demise

Be proactive. Sign a petition opposing CRT in Moore County schools. Use the QR code to display the petition on your smartphone. It's so easy even a Democrat can do it!
INTROS, PLEASE: Complete a new survey to align your skills with GOP objectives going forward to help restore our liberties.
Opportunities to serve await in 2021 municipal elections

File today to become a candidate ahead of the July 2 - 16 deadline. Run for office in Moore.

Who's running in 2021?

Town of Carthage
Anton Sadovnikov
Commissioner

Town of Vass
Angela Vacek
Mayor

Village of Whispering Pines
Linda Vandercook
Village council

On the 2022 horizon

  • Three Republicans have launched campaigns for state Supreme Court: Trey Allen, U.S. Marine (ret.) and ex-UNC Chapel Hill faculty member; Court of Appeals Judge Richard Dietz; and Court of Appeals Judge April Wood. Only two seats are to be contested.
  • Beth Tanner is a candidate for District Court Judge (Moore & Hokes counties).
  • Locally, William Britton, Pauline Bruno and Shannon Davis are declared candidates for the Moore County school board.
  • Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields will seek re-election.
Ash heap

By Steve Woodward

“Progressives think that hating not only (Donald) Trump but all conservatives settles their debts and cleanses them of sin,” writes Lance Morrow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. “It gives them a certain moral luster.”

But Morrow does not go so far as to dismiss their hatred as off-the-rails hysteria. Like many who never became comfortable with Trump’s ascendency to the White House, who were quick to cringe over a Rosie O’Donnell tweet but slow to celebrate a policy triumph, he gives progressives something of the benefit of the doubt. Read more.
Snapshots
U.S. Rep. Ted Budd (NC-13), a candidate to replace Sen. Richard Burr, addressed Moore County supporters on June 19 in the Pinehurst home of Moore District Attorney Mike Hardin. Below: Moore Republicans are dedicated and also talented, as observed during the June 19 Sock Hop / Lip Sync fundraiser (hell raiser) at CCNC. Among the acts: Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers (Mia and Steve Bibey); 1950s entertainers Philip Holmes and Bob Levy, not to be confused with school board lefties (and you know who they are); and the Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company C (John Boesch, Kathy Beddow, Pauline Bruno and Laura Morgan).