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Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the NC State Board of Elections, recently was elected incoming president of the National Association of State Election Directors (NASED), putting her in line to serve as association president in 2026.
Published: Friday, February 14th, 2025 @ 7:05 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the NC State Board of Elections, recently was elected vice president of the National Association of State Election Directors (NASED).
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 @ 1:10 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the State Board of Elections, will hold a virtual press availability from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, to discuss the start of in-person early voting in the March 5 presidential preference primary in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2024 @ 10:17 am
By: ENC NOW
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Raleigh, N.C. — Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the State Board of Elections, will hold a virtual press availability from 11 a.m. to noon on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024
Published: Wednesday, January 24th, 2024 @ 7:59 am
By: ENC NOW
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The following are prepared remarks of Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the NC State Board of Elections, at a virtual press availability at 9 a.m. October 18, 2023:
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2023 @ 9:42 am
By: ENC NOW
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Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the State Board of Elections, will hold a virtual press availability from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Wednesday, October 18, 2023.
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 @ 9:04 am
By: ENC NOW
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Five State Board of Elections members were sworn in to four-year terms on Wednesday, and the Board reappointed Karen Brinson Bell as executive director.
Published: Sunday, May 21st, 2023 @ 11:57 am
By: ENC NOW
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Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the NC State Board of Elections, was sworn in late last week as secretary of the National Association of State Election Directors (NASED).
Published: Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 @ 2:43 am
By: ENC NOW
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State Board of Elections Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell on Thursday updated the public on the investigation into suspected fraudulent signatures gathered for the Green Party’s bid for new party recognition in North Carolina.
Published: Friday, July 15th, 2022 @ 9:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, has been appointed to posts on three national boards working to improve elections and election security in the United States.
Published: Monday, February 28th, 2022 @ 1:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the State Board of Elections, gave the following comments at a media availability at noon on municipal Election Day
Published: Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 @ 10:24 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the N.C. State Board of Elections, is blocking attempts by the N.C. House Freedom Caucus to inspect voting machines for possible irregularities.
Published: Thursday, July 22nd, 2021 @ 11:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Board of Elections voted Friday, May 14, to rehire Karen Brinson Bell as executive director.
Published: Monday, May 24th, 2021 @ 4:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate Bill 360 is meant to resolve the type of situation that evolved in 2020 with actions taken by N.C. State Board of Elections Director Karen Brinson Bell.
Published: Sunday, May 2nd, 2021 @ 4:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican lawmakers grilled State Board of Elections Director Karen Brinson Bell over her handling of the 2020 election in a testy back-and-forth hearing.
Published: Monday, April 5th, 2021 @ 7:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate is summoning the director of the State Board of Elections to answer questions about a controversial settlement she negotiated that upended voting rules just weeks before November’s election.
Published: Wednesday, March 24th, 2021 @ 11:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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During the 2020 election, Executive Director Bell entered into a collusive settlement to change election law after voting had already begun.
Published: Wednesday, March 24th, 2021 @ 12:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Though it is well-established and easy to see by the plain language of the statute and the settlement, Bell strongly declared at the end of her testimony that the collusive settlement “did not change the law."
Published: Friday, February 26th, 2021 @ 11:49 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last night, I wrote how it was incredible that the State Board of Elections (SBE) appointed SBE Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell to negotiate a settlement to a lawsuit on absentee ballots and other election rules
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 @ 12:53 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Today, Civitas Institute filed public records requests with North Carolina State Board of Elections Executive Director, Karen Brinson Bell, Chairman Damon Circosta, and Attorney General Josh Stein.
Published: Monday, September 28th, 2020 @ 12:42 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The following is a statement from Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections
Published: Sunday, September 20th, 2020 @ 11:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The following is a message to North Carolina voters from Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2020 @ 1:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Karen Brinson Bell, Executive Director of the State Board of Elections, on Friday issued an emergency order to protect voters from disease and reduce the likelihood of long lines and crowds at voting sites during the 2020 general election.
Published: Monday, July 20th, 2020 @ 9:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The following is a statement from Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the N.C. State Board of Elections, on Tuesday’s primary elections in North Carolina
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2020 @ 5:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In an April 22 memo to Gov. Roy Cooper and the NC General Assembly, State Board of Elections (SBE) Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell predicted a “30% to 40% voter absentee-by-mail participation rate (compared to a 4% to 5% rate traditionally)” in the general election this November.
Published: Thursday, June 11th, 2020 @ 11:45 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Statement from Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the State Board of Elections, on the bipartisan House Bill 1169, which was filed today in the N.C. House
Published: Friday, May 22nd, 2020 @ 4:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On May 11, I noted that the State Board of Elections (SBE) was proposing to expand the emergency powers of SBE Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell
Published: Wednesday, May 20th, 2020 @ 2:43 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Here is a question: What was the first thing Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the NC State Board of Elections (SBE), asked for in her April 29 memo to the General Assembly?
Published: Tuesday, May 12th, 2020 @ 7:54 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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On March 26, State Board of Elections (SBE) Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell sent the General Assembly a memo listing a host of changes she would like to see made to North Carolina election law.
Published: Friday, May 1st, 2020 @ 9:40 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Exercising her emergency powers on Friday, State Board of Elections Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell rescheduled the Republican second primary in the 11th Congressional District to Tuesday, June 23.
Published: Saturday, March 21st, 2020 @ 8:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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State Board Releases Video Informing Voters That Photo ID Will Not Be Required in March 2020 PrimaryThe State Board of Elections on Monday released a video of Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell informing North Carolina voters that they will not be required to show photo ID for the March 2020 primary election.
Published: Wednesday, January 8th, 2020 @ 5:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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State Elections Director Karen Brinson Bell on Tuesday approved 20 additional types of University of North Carolina System student and employee photo IDs for use in the 2020 elections.
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2019 @ 4:41 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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State Elections Director Karen Brinson Bell on Friday approved 49 additional types of student and employee photo identification for use in the 2020 elections.
Published: Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 @ 7:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Exercising her statutory emergency powers, State Board Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell on Friday issued an order mandating additional early voting hours in the following 9th Congressional District counties affected by Hurricane Dorian
Published: Friday, September 6th, 2019 @ 3:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The State Board of Elections said cybersecurity worries prompted a delay in certifying election system vendors to sell voting machines to counties.
Published: Wednesday, June 19th, 2019 @ 9:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The State Board of Elections wants to pay incoming Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell nearly $30,000 more than her predecessor Kim Strach.
Published: Thursday, May 30th, 2019 @ 6:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. State Board of Elections on Monday appointed Karen Brinson Bell as the Board’s executive director, the chief state elections official, effective June 1.
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2019 @ 12:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The State Board of Elections ousted Executive Director Kim Strach Monday, May 13, on a party line vote, naming Karen Brinson Bell of Charleston, South Carolina, to replace Strach effective June 1.
Published: Thursday, May 16th, 2019 @ 6:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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