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State Board of Elections moves to restrict poll watchers
RALEIGH — New restrictions on poll-watchers proposed by the State Board of Elections would make the logistics of maintaining election integrity much more difficult for N.C. political parties.
State Board delays switch of Constitution and Green Parties’ voters to unaffiliated status
RALEIGH — The State Board of Elections on Tuesday voted unanimously to wait until June 12 to move members of the Constitution and Green parties to unaffiliated status in order to give the parties time to try to gather enough signatures to regain recognition in North Carolina.
Democratic litigator: After shift in Georgia, N.C. next to go blue
RALEIGH — A Democratic litigator predicted North Carolina will be among a handful of states to turn blue in upcoming elections due to increasing turnout among minority and college-educated voters.
County boards of elections begin regular voter list maintenance processes
RALEIGH — In 2021, county boards of elections across North Carolina will conduct several important and required processes designed to keep the state’s voter rolls accurate and up to date.
State Board certifies election results from historic 2020 general election
RALEIGH — The bipartisan State Board of Elections on Tuesday voted to certify nearly all contests in the 2020 general election, including the presidential contest.
OPINION: Parity extends down the ballot
In 2020, North Carolina Republicans and Democrats took their respective cases to the public. Each party asked voters to put them fully in charge of North Carolina government.
N.C. waits … and waits … for resolution as election results trickle out
RALEIGH — The waiting truly is the hardest part.
As election results trickle in, North Carolinians are watching, trying to make sense of which ballots we’re counting, which races are safe to predict, and which races may flip.
Before polls open, record numbers of N.C. voters have made their decisions
Supreme Court refuses to block N.C. absentee ballot deadline extension
RALEIGH — Elections officials in North Carolina will count absentee ballots mailed in by Nov. 12, nine days after Election Day. The U.S. Supreme Court, by a 5-3 vote, refused Republican legislative leaders’ request to enforce a state law setting the ballot deadline at Nov. 6.
Absentee ballot request deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday
RALEIGH — Less than two days remain for voters to request a ballot by mail in the 2020 general election. The absentee ballot request deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27.