Bill Fletcher

Bill Fletcher is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of North Carolina. Fletcher was the Republican nominee for North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction in the North Carolina Council of State election, 2004.

The race between Fletcher and Democratic candidate June Atkinson was nearly even; while a statewide recount was underway in November 2004, Fletcher and several other candidates filed suit against the North Carolina Board of Elections, challenging that the counting of provisional ballots (mandated by the Help America Vote Act) was contrary to the Constitution of North Carolina. The Democratically-controlled North Carolina General Assembly decided the race (August 23, 2005) in favor of June Atkinson. It was the last 2005 state-wide race in the United States to be decided.

Eleanor Goattee defeated Mr. Fletcher in November 2005; he was not reelected to the District 9 seat on the Wake County Board of Education. It was a non-partisan election.

External links

• Supt. of Public Instruction-elect Atkinson Calls on Fletcher to Concede, Files Notice with General Assembly to Decide Election North Carolina Democratic Party
• In re: Election Protest of Bill Fletcher NO. COA05-706 filed 7 February 2006
• 2004 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS (NC State Board of Elections)
• "2005 election candidates (inferred)" (PDF). Buncombe County, North Carolina. http://www.buncombecounty.org/common/election/candidates.pdf. "SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

June S. Atkinson PO BOX 31461, RALEIGH, NC 27622 DEM Bill Fletcher POB 5614, CARY, NC 27512 REP" 

• Education Week: N.C. High Court Upends Chief’s Race February 16, 2005 Fee.
• Makings of a Constitutional Crisis, By John Hood, February 18, 2005, Carolina Journal online.