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Elections board to vote Aug. 23 on vendor certification

Voting system approval in North Carolina is in for yet another delay.  In a split vote, Thursday, Aug. 1, the State Board of Elections reaffirmed its decision to delay approving new voting machines until the board adopts new certification requirements. The delay has some board members worried about getting new election machines in place in...

Brooke Conrad
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Elections board delays certifying vendors to provide voting machines

The State Board of Elections said cybersecurity worries prompted a delay in certifying election system vendors to sell voting machines to counties. In her first state board meeting Thursday, June 13, new Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell urged the board to require vendors seeking certification to disclose all ownership interests of 5% or greater. After...

Dan Way
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Counties Await State Board Action

RALEIGH — County leaders across the state will watch with interest this week as the state Board of Elections reconvenes in Raleigh. Counties, many of which only recently bought voting machines to meet federal law, have been scrambling to meet the board’s order to buy new voting machines from the state’s lone approved vendor.

Mitch Kokai

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