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Raleigh, N.C. — The State Board of Elections has received complaints from county boards of elections and citizens about a recent mailing from a group attempting to register voters in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, July 2nd, 2026 @ 6:48 pm
By: ENC NOW
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North Carolina’s election reform bill, Senate Bill 747, would require the state and county boards of elections to provide more information on elections and increase the frequency of list maintenance
Published: Friday, November 17th, 2023 @ 11:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two democratically aligned advocacy organizations recently sent a letter to the election boards in ten states, including North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, November 12th, 2023 @ 8:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina State Board of Elections unveiled plans for providing free photo voter identification cards at county boards of elections.
Published: Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 @ 7:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Elections boards and primary elections now contoolled by legislative leaders
Published: Sunday, August 20th, 2023 @ 2:07 pm
By: John Steed
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Registered voters who do not have an acceptable identification card for voting in North Carolina can now go to their county board of elections office to get a free ID.
Published: Wednesday, August 9th, 2023 @ 10:29 am
By: ENC NOW
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On Monday, Senate Republicans unveiled a plan to make the North Carolina state and local elections boards bipartisan.
Published: Tuesday, August 1st, 2023 @ 7:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Local elections boards using private donations in the administration of their elections is getting the attention of lawmakers, as some question the fairness and impartiality of the process.
Published: Sunday, May 28th, 2023 @ 9:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The NC State Board of Elections and county boards of elections are responding to requests from Election Day voters about why their “voter history” records are not yet updated to reflect the fact that they voted on Election Day – November 8, 2022.
Published: Thursday, November 17th, 2022 @ 3:07 pm
By: ENC NOW
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The State Board of Elections wishes to set the record straight after a guest on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on Fox News this week spread false information about North Carolina elections. The State Board and some county boards of elections have received inquiries about this.
Published: Monday, August 15th, 2022 @ 12:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. State Board of Elections voted along party lines at their board meeting Thursday to reject a request from the NCGOP to have county boards of elections compare absentee ballot signatures with those that they have on file.
Published: Tuesday, July 19th, 2022 @ 8:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Should private organizations fund election administration?
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2022 @ 4:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The State Board of Elections has opened a written public comment period for a request by the North Carolina Republican Party for the State Board to authorize county boards of elections to scrutinize voter signatures on absentee ballot request forms and absentee ballot return envelopes.
Published: Sunday, June 12th, 2022 @ 8:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The NC State Board of Elections has won a national award for its work on a program designed to foster better collaboration between the state agency and the 100 county boards of elections and improve the administration of elections for voters and candidates.
Published: Friday, April 22nd, 2022 @ 10:19 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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A number of key election reforms moved through the N.C. House this week. Included on that list is a bill that switches up the deadline for absentee ballots and another measure that bans outside private money from flowing to county boards of elections.
Published: Saturday, November 20th, 2021 @ 9:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In continued efforts to ensure confidence in North Carolina elections, 17 county boards of elections will pilot risk-limiting audits of the November 2, 2021 municipal elections.
Published: Tuesday, November 16th, 2021 @ 10:10 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As part of the preparations for the 2021 municipal elections, county boards of elections across North Carolina once again will conduct special tests on all voting equipment to be used in the 2021 municipal elections.
Published: Friday, August 13th, 2021 @ 10:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The State Board of Elections on Tuesday appointed four members to all 100 county boards of elections
Published: Wednesday, July 14th, 2021 @ 3:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Chief Justice Cheri Beasley only picked up five votes after a statewide machine recount
Published: Monday, December 14th, 2020 @ 5:31 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Nearly every county has completed the recount, and the historical trend has continued in that the election night vote leader gains more votes through the recount process.
Published: Friday, November 27th, 2020 @ 10:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As of November 19, NC Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley lost her reelection bid to Justice Paul Newby by 406 votes.
Published: Wednesday, November 25th, 2020 @ 10:33 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Fewer than 400 votes. That’s how much N.C. Supreme Court Justice Paul Newby leads Chief Justice Cheri Beasley as county elections boards completed their canvasses earlier this week.
Published: Friday, November 20th, 2020 @ 12:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republicans won a strategic victory on Election Day in North Carolina, claiming several formerly Democratic county commission boards and adding to the pool of candidates they’ll groom for positions in higher public offices.
Published: Thursday, November 19th, 2020 @ 2:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As with any election, county boards of elections across North Carolina have begun the 10-day post-election process of counting the remaining ballots and conducting audits to verify the results.
Published: Thursday, November 5th, 2020 @ 12:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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County boards of elections across North Carolina are now contacting voters whose absentee ballot return envelopes were not properly completed to inform them of the steps necessary to ensure their votes are counted.
Published: Wednesday, October 21st, 2020 @ 4:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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With 33 days until the November 3 election, county boards of elections have approved the absentee ballots of about 300,000 voters.
Published: Friday, October 2nd, 2020 @ 11:49 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Late last night, merely hours before the review of absentee ballots began, the North Carolina State Board of Elections sent out an email commanding that county boards comply with Director Bell's illegal, unconstitutional memos or be fired.
Published: Wednesday, September 30th, 2020 @ 8:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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By state law (GS 163-231(b)(1)), absentee ballots can only be “transmitted by mail or by commercial courier service, at the voter’s expense, or delivered in person, or by the voter’s near relative or verifiable legal guardian.”
Published: Friday, September 4th, 2020 @ 10:51 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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While there is certainly more to democracy than elections, elections are the focal point of a democracy.
Published: Saturday, March 21st, 2020 @ 6:56 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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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.
Published: Friday, November 15th, 2019 @ 4:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Cooper has appointed the following individual to the North Carolina State Board of Elections
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2019 @ 5:58 am
By: Governor's Office
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With growing concerns about school safety, should schools be forced to open their doors to hundreds of unchecked adults?
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2019 @ 2:41 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The nearly two-year battle over the Bipartisan Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement may come to a close soon with the General Assembly essentially handing Gov. Roy Cooper a victory in the separation-of-powers struggle
Published: Sunday, December 16th, 2018 @ 8:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican lawmakers unveiled a new bill at a Tuesday, Dec. 11 news conference which would return the Bipartisan Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement to two separate boards after years of court battles over the merger
Published: Friday, December 14th, 2018 @ 12:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After several court battles and a failed constitutional amendment, the Bipartisan Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement may once again become separate boards
Published: Thursday, December 6th, 2018 @ 2:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement on Friday unanimously authorized the N.C. Attorney General's Office to take necessary steps to quash recent grand jury subpoenas served by federal authorities on the State Board and County Boards of Elections
Published: Tuesday, September 11th, 2018 @ 4:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement approved appeals by two Republican primary candidates, reversing decisions by Clay and Mecklenburg county elections boards that had disqualified the candidates from running
Published: Friday, April 6th, 2018 @ 8:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Bipartisan State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement on Tuesday appointed four members to each of the 100 county boards of elections and unanimously recognized the North Carolina Green Party as an official political party in the state
Published: Thursday, March 29th, 2018 @ 7:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. Supreme Court has ordered information Monday about county election boards that are blocked from carrying out their duties as the local election season heats up
Published: Saturday, August 19th, 2017 @ 3:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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County elections boards with only two members would be allowed to take actions during this municipal election season, under a proposal filed today with the N.C. Supreme Court
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2017 @ 10:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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