Irene
Veteran, Immigrant, American, wife to BHE (BestHusbandEver), LGBTQ+ Ally, Margaret's Hooman.
Cumberland County, NC Board of Elections, Chair
- The #CCBOE meeting previously scheduled for 09:30am tomorrow (Tue2/3/26), has been rescheduled to 3pm (no date change, only the time changed). The change is due to county offices not opening until 12pm tomorrow. Agenda below #ncpol #CumberlandCountyNC #CumberlandCountyBoardofElections #NCSBE
- We are grateful; and we remember..... #thankyou #thankyouforyoursupport #UK #Canada #France #Italy #Poland #Germany #Denmark #Spain #Netherlands #CzechRepublic #Estonia #Norway #NATO
- Reposted by Ireneupcoming deadlines for March 3 #ncpol primary as of Jan 23: 14 days, regular voter registration deadline Feb 6; 20 days, early voting starts Feb 12 25 days, absentee request deadline Feb 17 36 days, early voting ends Feb 28 39 days, primary day and absentee return deadline
- Reposted by IreneGavin Newsom just announced that California will be the first state to join the World Health Organization. This is in direct defiance of Donald Trump, who just pulled the United States out of the organization.
- Campaign signs may only be placed 30 days be4 the start of #EarlyVoting and only for those candidates who have a #PRIMARY. NCGS 136-62 #Primary #Campaigns #ElectionInfo #ElectionRules #CampaignSigns #KnowTheRules #CandidateEducation #ncpol #vote #ccboe #ncsbe #NCElections #NCPrimary #NCVotes #VoteNC
- Reposted by IreneFrey: "Do we partner to get the bad guys? Of course we do. Here's what we don't partner on- to just yank random people off the street because they happen to look Latino or Somali. We don't partner to do constant checks of passports, requiring people to bring it around with them. That's not America."
- Reposted by IreneWe now have a full-blown European-American crisis, and for no reason that the president is able to articulate
- Reposted by IreneBREAKING: Supreme Court allows candidate challenges to state ballot-counting rules. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the court's opinion, allowing the challenge to “Illinois’s procedure for counting mail-in ballots received after election day" to proceed. The latest at Law Dork:
- Concerned by a #NCStateAuditor req. to investigate voter registration addresses in general & student add in particular. Serious implications for voter access. #ncpol #vote #voterregistration #voteraddress #studentvoters #votersuppression #CumberlandCountyNC #CCBOE #BoardofElections #NCSBE #HBCU #FSU
- Reposted by IreneAllow me to address the elephant in the room: It is much more likely that an ICE agent has an arrest record than an immigrant. — Time to unmask, prosecute, and lock them up.
- Reposted by IreneJoint Statement on Greenland 🇬🇱 stm.dk/statsministe...
- Reposted by IreneIf the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
- Reposted by IreneQuestions: *was this a military or law enforcement action? *what is the legal justification for either? *if it is military “self-defense,” what is the justification for “running” the country? *does U.S. recognize Maduro (or his VP) as Venezuela’s leader? *If so, why doesn’t this give him immunity?
- January is usually quiet in the elections world-not now. Ours: #EarlyVoting hearing at the #NCSBE, #Godwin protest is back & our meeting was rescheduled. Revised calendar below (will keep updating). #NCSBE #BOE #CumberlandCountyBoardofElections #cumberlandcountync #Godwin #ncpol #January2026
- The President just gave China permission to invade Taiwan..... #foreignpolicy #Venezuela #China #Taiwan
- Important info flying under the radar: This could significantly impact absentee ballots mailed close to the deadline and how we at the #BOE determine eligibility. www.cnn.com/2025/12/31/p... #vote #absenteeballots #midterms #midterms2026 #ncpol #BOE #USPS #postalservice #postmark
- Hospitality doesn’t take Christmas off — and travelers don’t either. Merry Christmas to all the hosts doing turnovers today. 🎄🧺 #airbnb #hospitality #hostlife #STR #fayettevillenc
- Reposted by IreneJust for those who may be a little confused: “Pro-life” would be 20 Sandy Hook students being college sophomores this year.
- Election Protest Hearing #CCBOE will hold a protest hearing 12/2/25 @ 10a in the com. chamber. The protest alleges election law violations that could affect the results in #Godwin. Open to the public. #vote #ncpol #municipalelection #municipalelection2025 #protesthearing #NCSBE
- 📢 Candidate filing starts Dec 1 at noon and ends Dec 19 at noon. File in person at the @CumberlandCountyBoardofElections, 📍 227 Fountainhead Lane, Fayetteville, NC. #NCElections #CumberlandCounty #Election2025 #GetInvolved
- @Walmart delivery adventure of the day: I ordered 72 towels/washcloths:36 arrived;11 of those are wrong.The other 36 are… on a mysterious multi-day quest from ??Not exactly an award-winning performance here. 😅 #WalmartFail #DeliveryWoes #HostLife #TowelSaga #RetailAdventures #AlmostButNotQuite
- Reposted by IreneFormer Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.” Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
- So, I did a thing (wrote an opinion piece)...... www.fayobserver.com/story/opinio... #ncpol #boardofelections #vote #cumberlandcounty
- We have received an election protest. Preliminary hearing tomorrow (Wednesday) at 10 am. #vote #protesthearing #ncpol #cumberlandcountync
- #PowerOutage - again. Thankfully #BHE ( #BestHusbandEver) has managed to connect the router to the kitchen (which the #solarpanels are powering) and so we have food & entertainment!!! #LumbeeRiverEMC #solarenergy #solarpower #entertainment #CumberlandCountyNC #LREMC
- Polls open at 6:30a today in #Fayetteville, #HopeMills, #SpringLake, #Linden, #Wade, #Stedman, #Godwin, #Falcon, and #Eastover. They will remain open until 7:30p - Go vote Cumberland County! #vote #CumberlandCountyNC #municipalelection #election #municipalelection2025
- Tonight's #NCSBE statement is very disappointing.Our duty is to remain factual, nonpartisan and composed-no matter what any party says. This is a moment for calm leadership & focus on what truly matters: safe, fair elections in #NorthCarolina #ncpol #elections
- Early Voting begins today! #vote #MunicipalElection2025 #municipalelection #fayettevillenc #eastoverNC #FalconNC #GodwinNC #HopeMillsNC #LindenNC #SpringLakeNC #StedmanNC #WadeNC
- #BOE #boardofelections #precinctofficials #pollworkers #CumberlandCountyNC #elections #elections2025
- Primary Election Day for the City of Fayetteville is today! Polls are open until 7:30 p.m. #vote #municipalprimary2025 #MunicipalPrimary #fayettevillenc #pollsareopen #ncpol
- Thank you to #CumberlandCountyNCSheriffsDepartment who helped #BHE (BestHusbandEver) and me today out of what could have become a hairy situation. Special thanks to Deputy M. who is the one that responded...she was polite, kind, calm & professional.
- Dodged a *major* bullet 2night as an #Airbnb host. Booking for 1ad/3kids. 6cars & 18ppl show up-party commences.Thanks to the #AirbnbSafetyTeam + #CCSD, it shut down safely. Takeaways: Safetyteam rocks; document *everything; stick to your rules; stay calm. #airbnbhost #hostlife #cumberlandcountync
- @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com is on fire tonight! #thelastword
- Sitting on a plane in #CLT (on route to #SFO) and #AA tech is glitching - so far we are an hour into waiting! #flightdelay #travel #airtravel
- Reposted by IreneFlorida bans "The Diary of Anne Frank" in school libraries. Whoever made this decision should have to eat every page of that amazing book, page by page.
- #CumberlandCounty nonpartisan primary is 10/7. #EarlyVoting: 9/18–10/4 at #BOE office (M-F, 8–5). Absentee ballots mail 9/5. View your sample ballot now: vt.ncsbe.gov/reglkup/ #municipalelections #ncpol
- Per NCSBE data request from @BryanAnderson, here's the form that's about to go out to 82,737 NC voters who need to update their registration in order to avoid having to cast a provisional ballot. #ncpol
- 🚨 Early Voting Plans🚨 The #NCSB will meet 8/27 @ 9a to consider non-unanimous early voting plans. #NCSBE #EarlyVoting #NCelections #ncpol #elections #CCBOE
- Reposted by IreneOrange County NC has posted the early voting schedule for Nov 4 municipal elections (including Chapel Hill and Carrboro) 5 sites, all open 2 Saturdays and 1 Sunday. Hillsborough 15 days of voting, other 4 sites open 10 days www.orangecountync.gov/DocumentCent... (UNC Fall Break is Oct 16-19)
- #StateAuditor Dave Boliek at the @NCSBE summer conference sharing how #Florida is the “gold standard” in #elections (the implication being that @NC is not) #ncpol #vote #elections
- Reposted by IreneNorth Carolina Republicans want to make it illegal for election officials to encourage people to vote. The move is “basically always unconstitutional under the First Amendment,” says Andrew Garber of @brennancenter.org. More from @jenrice.bsky.social: www.democracydocket.com/analysis/don...
- #ncpol #vote #elections #municipalelections #lindennc #stedmannc #cumberlandcountync #cumberlandcountyboe
- Day 1 of filing is in the books; the #BoardofElections was busy!!Ck out the candidate list below: www.cumberlandcountync.gov/docs/default... #ncpol #municipalelections #cumberlandcountync #fayettevillenc #hopemillsnc #falconnc #lindennc #Godwinnc #stedmannc #springlakenc #eastovernc #wadenc
- Reposted by IreneSeems like a good day to remind everyone that Trump’s ex-wife Ivana wasn’t an American citizen until 1988. She gave birth to Don Junior in 1977, Ivanka in 1981, and Eric in 1984. — Let’s cancel their birthright citizenship first.
- The #NChouse is considering a bill which (among other awful things) would prohibit board of elections members from encouraging people to vote... #ncpol #HB958 #BoardofElections
- Reposted by IreneSlotkin is good here. And Hegseth feels he doesn't have to answer a Democratic woman senator's questions.
- Reposted by Irenenote that this completely inverts the public justification for the deportation scheme. they claim they’re deporting criminals, but they deported Kilmar without knowledge of a crime, and now that they supposedly found one they’re bringing him BACK.
- So, I designed & made this banner- “People,Places,Love–Belong Anywhere” stitched into the background.It’ll hang @ events, and in my #Airbnb -and even at our local quilt show next week!Prototype for now… but more to come. #QuiltArt #BelongAnywhere #AirbnbStyle #QuiltShow #hostlife #quilt
- Lumbee River EMC is raising rates again — $0.005/kWh this time.That’s after a $0.010 hike just 5 months ago. Meanwhile, those of us with solar panels still aren’t seeing any increase in what they pay us for the energy we generate. 🤷♂️ #LumbeeRiverEMC #SolarPower #UtilityRates #FairEnergy #NCenergy
- Reposted by Irene"The official also said that the timing of the announcement -- occurring during Pride month -- was intentional." Fuck right off, Pete. We don't need your ship to honor Harvey.
- Reposted by Irene1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride. So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels. They opened the drawbridge to block them. So they marched to a different bridge. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.
- Reposted by IreneDISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE: 1. Chickenpox 2. Diphtheria 3. Measles 4. Pertussis 5. Pneumococcal Infection 6. Polio 7. Tetanus 8. Typhoid 9. Yellow Fever 10. Smallpox DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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- Reposted by IreneIf South Africa is a sovereign nation, how are we able to send our own planes we paid for to transport white Afrikaners to the U.S., but simultaneously unable to send a plane to return Abrego Garcia et al?
- @allisonjriggs.bsky.social - I knew you were good people!! From someone who was born on May 6 to someone born on May 8 - Happy Birthday!!! #birthday #maypeople #taurus #persistent
- The new Pope is Robert Prevost, an American Cardinal who was close to Pope Francis. He chose the name Leo XIV. #vatican #pope
- habemus papam! #vatican
- Below are the remarks Karen Brinson Bell was not allowed to deliver at today’s #NCSBE meeting. She stayed after to share them—but the feed was cut. If today was any sign, NC elections are in for a rough ride… #ncpol @bryanranderson.bsky.social @chriscooperwcu.bsky.social
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Sam Hayes, NC House Speaker Destin Hall’s general counsel, voted the next NC Board of Elections executive director. - Big loss for #NC #elections: Unless something changes after today’s closed #NCSBE meeting, Karen Brinson Bell will no longer be Director. She led with integrity, impartiality & compassion—guiding NC through a presidential election during #Helene. #ncpol #ThankYouKaren
- Judge Jefferson Griffin has conceded the NCSC race. This brings the last uncertified race to a close and paves the way for Justice Allison Riggs to be certified the winner! #ncpol
