The three most populated counties in the state – Wake, Mecklenburg, and Guilford – are all on track with poll worker recruitment, officials report.
On Wednesday, the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) officially appointed three new members, who will serve four-year terms, and selected a new chairman. The new board gave executive director Karen Brinson Bill a new two-year term. The NCSBE, responsible for overseeing elections in North Carolina and collaborating with 100 county boards, acts as...
On Friday, the North Carolina State Board of Elections announced that voters will be required to show valid identification in order to vote in the 2023 municipal elections.
The N.C. State Board of Elections (NCSBE) had an emergency meeting at 2:30 p.m. on Election Day to extend voting for three precincts that had experienced delays. The board voted unanimously to approve a motion to extend voting for one additional hour at all three.
In the July 14 lawsuit filed by the N.C. Green Party against the N.C. State Board of Elections (NCSBE), the NCGP pointed to identical language used in public records requests by an Elias Law Group attorney, Elizabeth Poston; and Amelia Brown, an alleged legal intern for Gov. Roy Cooper, as potential evidence that the governor’s...
The North Carolina Green Party reached out to Carolina Journal and other media on July 14 with news that they had filed suit against the N.C. State Board of Elections (NCSBE) over their exclusion from the 2022 midterm ballots as a recognized party. They ask that the court declare their exclusion by the NCSBE unconstitutional...
If a three-judge federal court panel does not freeze its order to redraw a new congressional election map by Feb. 19 the result would be voter confusion, inability to protect the integrity of the electoral process, suppressed voter and candidate turnout, and more than $12 million of increased taxpayer expenses, according to an affidavit filed...
Rick Henderson on changes in election law & state board staff; Fred Barnes on key election issues; Becki Gray on recent fiscal reforms; Rebecca Tippett on impact of millennials on life in NC; Troy Kickler on NC's history as a battleground state
RALEIGH — The State Board of Elections conducted public hearings in response to a formal complaint filed by Democracy North Carolina in June 2004 alleging illegal campaign activity by contributors to House Speaker Jim Black's political campaigns. The special Carolina Journal Online Web site, "Who's Who at the Board of Elections Hearings," has been updated to reflect the latest activity.
RALEIGH — After three days investigating the campaign-finance activities of State House Speaker Jim Black and the state's optometrists, the State Board of Elections will now turn its attention to the contributions of the state's video poker industry. For Background: Who's Who at the Board of Elections Hearings
