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• Buncombe County GOP kicks Don Yelton off committee for 'party disloyalty'

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  Jake Frankel | 06/26/2012

  The executive committee of the Buncombe County Republican Party found longtime political activist Don Yelton guilty of party disloyalty, voting June 25 to strip him of his duties as precinct chair and kick him off the committee until the next party convention in March of 2013.

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• Don Yelton defends himself against charges by BCGOP leadership

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  Jake Frankel | 06/25/2012

  Buncombe County Republican precinct chair and longtime political activist Don Yelton plans to defend himself against charges of negligence and party disloyalty this evening, June 25.

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• Buncombe GOP tables security amendment, moves to kick Yelton off committee

  

  NEWS

  Jake Frankel | 05/26/2012

  Divisions within the Buncombe County Republican party continued to play out this week, as its executive committee tabled a controversial "security amendment" and moved to strip Don Yelton of his position as precinct chair.

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• Tensions erupting among different factions of Buncombe GOP

  

  NEWS

  Jake Frankel | 05/18/2012

  In the wake of the recent primary elections, tensions continue to mount among different factions of the Buncombe County Republican Party.

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• CTS is not about politics — it’s about people and the environment

  LETTERS

  Don Yelton | 10/18/2011

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• Don Yelton, problem solvent

  LETTERS

  Martin Ramsey | 10/04/2011

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• Board of Elections: GOP concerns over legality of early voting site were baseless ***UPDATED***

  

  Jake Frankel | 09/17/2010

  No action was taken at a Thursday evening, Sept. 16, emergency meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Elections after it clarified that the door of Rep. Heath Shuler's congressional office was 25 feet away from the door of a planned early-voting location at 199 College St. in downtown Asheville. The board called the meeting in response to complaints by the Buncombe County GOP that the proximity of the two offices could possibly violate state law that requires a buffer zone between voting sites and election-related activity.

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• Councilman Bill Russell leaves the Republican Party

  

  Michael Muller | 09/16/2010

  Asheville City Councilman Bill Russell changed his party affiliation from Republican to Unaffiliated this afternoon at the offices of the Buncombe County Board of Elections. “My job on council is non-partisan by nature,” he told Xpress. “Party politics has recently become more of a distraction than anything positive.”

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• The Commish campaign on YouTube

  

  David Forbes | 05/05/2008

  It's the day before the primary election: If you're still wrestling with a decision about which candidate to vote for in the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners race, many of them have put up YouTube videos

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• Buncombe County Commission

  Steve Shanafelt | 05/19/2004

  Commissioners take next step to public-access TV

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