Opinion
NC’s elections are strong. Now let’s build the next generation.
The task now is to make it even more resilient for the voters, communities, and public servants who will rely on it for decades to come.
Opinion
Seek common sense on early voting
Early voting has no consistent effects on turnout. A few studies find increases. Most show either no appreciable effect or decreases in voter participation.
News
Federal Appeals Court throws out contempt order against NC lawyer
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a federal judge’s contempt order against a North Carolina lawyer involved in a multinational intellectual property dispute. Pressly Millen often represents Democrats in court.
News
Boliek reassigns election liaison, citing county chair effort winding down
The OSA says that Woodhouse will now work in strategic initiatives related to constituent services and communications.
Opinion
Civil discourse and the art of disagreement
To restore healthy public discourse, each of us must become better listeners. Civil discourse is not a competition with winners and losers; it is a deliberate and respectful exchange of ideas.
News
NC elections board censures Wake officials over deceased voters’ ballots
After an hours long hearing on Wednesday, the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) voted unanimously to censure Wake County Board of Elections members Greg Flynn and Gerry Cohen for counting the votes of three deceased voters who voted prior to the General Election in November 2024.
News
NC elections board seeks comment on proposed rules
The North Carolina State Board of Elections is now accepting public comment on four sets of proposed administrative rules.
Opinion
Good riddance to racial gerrymandering
An underappreciated consequence of the decision is that it will make it easier for reformers to constrain partisan gerrymandering, too.
News
NCSBE approves legal counsel for Anson elections dispute
On Monday, the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) voted 4-1 to allow the board to provide litigation assistance to the Anson County Board of Elections through private counsel as selected by the board’s Executive Director, Sam Hayes.
News
NC finds 34,000 deceased voters on rolls
The North Carolina State Board of Elections announced Monday that it has identified approximately 34,000 dead people on the state’s voter rolls through a federal database comparison, describing the effort as part of routine list maintenance. “While we expected to find some cases, this is higher than we anticipated,” said Sam Hayes, executive director of...
News
Anson Board of Elections alleges years of mismanagement by director
The NCSBE executive director Sam Hayes will now decide whether the documented allegations merit the removal of Melton, Anson County’s elections director.
News
Critics drop malapportionment claim in Watauga districts lawsuit
Critics challenging Watauga County local election districts are dropping their claims that the districts lead to malapportionment.
