The North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) voted unanimously at their remote meeting on Thursday to make a declaratory ruling on a Rutherford County candidate’s request for the use of a preferred religious name as opposed to their legal name on the ballot in November’s General Election.
On Tuesday, Democratic Gov. Josh Stein was critical of bills that are going before the House that would see him lose more appointment powers and election law changes that he said are partisan.
Massachusetts’ Sen. Elizabeth Warren, supporter of the Zohran Mamdani socialist view for their party, campaigned alongside US Senate candidate Roy Cooper on Saturday night at the annual convention of the North Carolina Democrats.
State Republican legislative leaders are defending a trial court’s decision to uphold two state constitutional amendments North Carolina voters approved in 2018.
The Republican National Committee is supporting top North Carolina lawmakers and the state elections board at the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals. The RNC is urging the court to uphold a trial judge’s ruling in a case involving same-day voter registration.
A report from State Auditor Dave Boliek's office indicates that in 2025 the average per vote of $47 across 822,000 ballots for a total cost of $8.4 million.
NC Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined a coalition of attorneys general from 22 states and the District of Columbia, and the governors of Kentucky and Pennsylvania, in a lawsuit filed in Rhode Island on July 23 against the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for threatening to withhold more than $1 billion in homeland security and disaster-response grants to states unless they adopt the Trump administration policies on elections and immigration.
The state budget contains 727 earmarks but does not identify which lawmaker requested each one, including the two for the Carolina Lakes Property Owners’ Association.
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.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections and top Republican legislative leaders are defending a federal trial judge’s ruling in a case involving same-day voter registration rules.
On Monday, the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) voted 3-2 along party lines on new permanent absentee ballot rules that once again have critics concerned that will make it easier for ballots to be thrown out.
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