There are times when citizens should be angry with election officials. For example, people were properly up in arms when the State Board of Elections (SBE) twice tried to illegally suppress election observers over the past few years. Another example is when the SBE participated in a “Sue and Settle” scheme to alter election laws...
The first Saturday of early voting for North Carolina's 2024 primary elections saw a slight increase in turnout over the 2020 primaries.
Early voting started Thursday, Feb. 15, for North Carolina’s March 5 primary election and runs through March 2. There are 360 early voting sites in all 100 counties, but they sometimes differ from a voter’s regular Election Day voting location. Voters can also hand in their absentee ballot to an election official at early voting sites. According...
This week on ‘The Debrief’: Demand for Opportunity Scholarships sets a record, early voting starts next week, tackling the spin about North Carolina’s hog farms, and the political lessons we can learn from Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey. Be sure to visit CarolinaJournal.com each day for the latest on North Carolina politics and public...
Dallas Woodhouse explains the importance of early voting.
Republicans are pushing to get more party faithful to vote early and mail in their ballots, while also trying to assure them of ballot security. An initiative from the Republican National Committee, Bank Your Vote, is aimed at tapping into turnout tactics that Democrats have been nurturing for years.
As of Halloween morning, 1,160,747 ballots have been accepted in the N.C. 2022 midterms, and Democrats are seeing a 3.54% reduction in their usual early-voting advantage.
According to data from the N.C. Board of Elections, 577,232 voters cast a ballot early, with 290,226 of those voters requesting a Democrat ballot and 284,568 voters requesting a Republican ballot, giving Democrats a 50.3% to 49.3% edge. But for context, in 2020, 68% of early ballots requested were for the Democratic primary.
In a typical election year, the assumption is that Democrats will dominate early voting and Republicans will catch up on Election Day. But in 2022, at least during the primary, this usual pattern has gone out the window. Republican ballots are running even with Democrat ballots as of May 9. And this elimination of Democrats’...
Given voting challenges amid COVID-19, what can you actually expect to know about ballot results at the close of Election Day? More than you might think, Carolina Journal has learned from the N.C. State Board of Elections. The state board expects to tally as much as 80% of the vote after polls close Tuesday, Nov....
The election lawsuit merry-go-round keeps turning, as tens of thousands of North Carolinians cast ballots at early voting sites, and legislative leaders urge the State Board of Elections to “stop this chaos.” The most recent development happened Friday, Oct. 16. N.C. Superior Court Judge Bryan Collins refused to block a settlement between Democrat-led plaintiffs and...
