Does Pope have the golden touch?
POPE INFLUENCE: Raleigh businessman Art Pope’s influence is omnipresent this election season, with groups tied to Pope spending $2.1 million so far to influence the legislative races, according to state and federal campaign records filed in recent days. (N&O) COMPLAINTS AT THE POLLS: Republican poll observers who say they’re trying to root out fraud have aggressively approached voters and elections officials inside early voting sites, questioned established voting law and drawn at least two dozen complaints from voters, Wake elections officials said. (N&O) ROVE GROUP SPENDS IN NC: A group backed by Republican political strategist Karl Rove is spending heavily in North Carolina a week before Election Day in a bid to oust Democratic Rep. Heath Shuler.
