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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Governor Roy Cooper today announced 25 more appointments and elections to North Carolina commissions and boards
Published: Wednesday, August 9th, 2017 @ 12:16 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper today announced ten more appointments and elections to North Carolina commissions and boards, including the North Carolina State Commission for Public Health, the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency, and the Coastal Resources Commission
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2017 @ 1:48 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Ford Porter, Governor Cooper's spokesman, released the following statement on today's Supreme Court order on the ongoing elections and ethics boards case
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2017 @ 5:20 am
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Roy Cooper's refusal to appoint members to the new Bipartisan State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement has shut down 10 county boards of elections, adding confusion to the 2017 electoral process
Published: Sunday, July 16th, 2017 @ 11:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Over Democrats’ objections, on Thursday the Republican-controlled House passed Senate Bill 68, merging the state’s ethics and elections boards, along with some lobbying regulations
Published: Sunday, July 9th, 2017 @ 12:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today the North Carolina Republican Party called on the Durham County Board of Elections and all other local boards of election to follow well established public records laws and allow citizens to fully inspect Absentee Ballot Return Envelopes
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 @ 2:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The State Board of Elections voted Tuesday to instruct county elections boards to continue counting ballots to determine winners in as many races as possible
Published: Friday, November 25th, 2016 @ 2:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Durham County Board of Elections (as well as many of the other local boards of elections in North Carolina) worked through the Veterans Day holiday today
Published: Tuesday, November 15th, 2016 @ 12:29 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Currently, state law mandates that school board elections be non-partisan contests, but there are exceptions to the rule. According to a guide (PDF) published by the N.C. State Board of Elections, 17 of the state's 115 school boards elect and/or appoint members by political party. They include...
Published: Wednesday, July 1st, 2015 @ 12:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Dec. 9, the State Board of Elections (SBOE) heard three different appeals stemming from protests that were dismissed by the local boards of elections in Durham, Scotland and New Hanover counties. In two of the three cases (Durham and Scotland) there were allegations of voter fraud and/or vote buy
Published: Tuesday, December 30th, 2014 @ 9:08 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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