Displaying items by tag: NC State Board of Elections
Weld, Walsh to appear on presidential ballot, election board rules
RALEIGH — Two Republican candidates are joining President Trump on North Carolina’s presidential ballot — against the wishes of the N.C. Republican party.
State Board approves presidential candidates for 2020 primary ballots
RALEIGH — The State Board of Elections on Friday signed off on the 2020 presidential primary candidates nominated by North Carolina’s five recognized political parties — Constitution, Democratic, Green, Libertarian and Republican.
Some N.C. elections officials anxious over software upgrade
RALEIGH — A voting software company the N.C. State Board of Elections certified earlier this year wants approval for a last-minute technology update. But some board members are asking whether the company, Election Systems and Security, should have been certified in the first place.
State Board to randomly determine ballot order for 2020 candidates
RALEIGH — The State Board of Elections at 5 p.m. Friday (Dec. 20) will randomly determine the order that candidates will appear on ballots in the 2020 primary and general elections. The candidate filing period ends at noon Friday.
State Elections Board approves modifications to voting system
RALEIGH — The State Board of Elections on Friday approved modifications to a certified election system for use in North Carolina that improve the security and functionality of the system.
Public comment period opens for rule pertaining to photo ID for absentee ballots
RALEIGH — The State Board of Elections invites members of the public to comment on the proposed text of an amendment to a temporary rule pertaining to the photo ID requirements for absentee ballots. The proposed text of the rule can be found here.
Public comment period opens for rule pertaining to free voter photo ID cards
RALEIGH — The State Board of Elections invites members of the public to comment on the proposed text of a permanent administrative rule pertaining to the issuance of free voter photo ID cards by county boards of elections.
State Elections Board addresses morning outage
RALEIGH — The Voter Search and other voter tools on the State Board of Elections’ website are now restored after being offline for about an hour Tuesday morning.
Election officials to randomly select precincts for hand count audit of ballots
RALEIGH — After the Nov. 5 municipal elections, state election officials will randomly select a statistically significant number of precincts, early voting sites and by-mail ballots to be counted by hand in every county.
State Board of Elections to host public demonstrations of newly certified voting systems
RALEIGH —The State Board of Elections will conduct regional public demonstrations of newly certified voting systems this month in five locations across North Carolina.
