N.C. Secretary of State Elaine Marshall speaks on the financial crisis

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By John Trump
Published: October 11, 2008

N.C. Secretary of State Elaine Marshall said North Carolina can better cope with the financial crisis and economic downturn by ensuring state regulators have the necessary tools for the job.

Marshall, elected to office in 1996, visited The Reidsville Review on Thursday after helping launch Rockingham County’s e-Vault, a digital records project. Marshall, a Democrat, is facing Republican Jack Sawyer in the general election Nov. 4.

Marshall addressed the need for state financial oversight, the mortgage crisis and her thoughts on the upcoming presidential race.

“We’ve got to have local regulation,” she said ...

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