Foothills Review

North Carolina House of Representatives Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) recently outlined the most significant political events in the state as voters continue to cast their early ballots heading toward the Nov. 3 election.

In an Oct. 19 post to his website, Moore called out Gov. Roy Cooper and state Attorney General Josh Stein, alleging that they colluded in a "brazen" attempt to alter state law in a settlement regarding validating absentee ballots. 

"Republicans warned that Gov. Cooper could not be trusted with the Board of Elections and tried to implement a bipartisan board to prevent partisan schemes," Moore said on his website.

The Republican lawmaker also brought attention to a new series of online video clips produced by the Republican Party to contrast GOP-controlled General Assemblies' performance against those when Democrats held the majority.

In 2009, when the Democrats held control, they had to cut education spending and raise taxes after being caught unprepared for the Great Recession, Moore said. 

In comparison, the state was able to weather the economic crisis created by restrictions related to COVID-19 due to Republican policies in previous years that shored-up the state's fiscal position, Moore said.

"Republicans invested in schools and families when [the] crisis hit with AAA credit ratings, savings, and lower taxes that helped the state fight COVID-19," the Republican House speaker said on his website. "Tax relief, responsible budgets, and pro-jobs economic reforms were clearly the better path for North Carolina than Democrats' budget-busting big government."

Moore's website post comes as Democrats and Republicans face tough election contests in some seats, including at the federal level.

So far, nearly 4 million North Carolinians have voted in the November elections as of Oct. 29, according to statistics compiled by the U.S. Elections Project.