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The North Carolina State Board of Elections filed court documents this week challenging Pembroke Mayor Gregory Cummings' arguments in a 2023 election protest.
Published: Wednesday, October 29th, 2025 @ 2:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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For nearly a decade now, the composition and ownership of the North Carolina Board of Elections (NCSBE) have been a contested battle between the General Assembly and the Governor.
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2025 @ 9:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Former congressional candidate, Pastor Mark Harris, a Republican, announced Tuesday morning that he will make a third try for Congress, despite the controversial 2018 election that saw Harris’ victory overturned due to allegations of ballot fraud.
Published: Sunday, December 17th, 2023 @ 1:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. legislative leaders have filed a final brief asking a federal judge to dismiss the Common Cause v. Moore lawsuit. It aims to give unaffiliated voters access to seats on the State Board of Elections.
Published: Monday, December 19th, 2022 @ 9:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Oct. 13, the Wake County Superior Court ruled in favor of Republicans that at-large poll observers would have more flexibility than precinct-specific observers, but sided with the state’s board of elections that the absentee ballot deadline could be moved to a later date
Published: Tuesday, November 1st, 2022 @ 10:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Members of the N.C. House Freedom Caucus plan to inspect voting machines in Durham County to check for an internet connection, which could make them vulnerable to fraud.
Published: Thursday, November 11th, 2021 @ 7:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Felons who registered to vote in North Carolina during an 11-day window between recent court rulings will be allowed to vote in upcoming elections. The state Supreme Court ruled Friday in favor of those quick-acting prospective voters.
Published: Saturday, October 30th, 2021 @ 2:18 pm
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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The Republican Party of North Carolina submitted a letter to the North Carolina Board of Elections noting our concern with the proposed rule changes.
Published: Wednesday, February 24th, 2021 @ 8:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Justice Paul Newby has secured a majority of votes to become the next chief justice of the state of North Carolina now that all 100 counties have officially completed their canvass of the 2020 election and have certified the results.
Published: Wednesday, November 18th, 2020 @ 6:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Board of Elections announced Civitalk a group founded by Cal Cunningham donor, Tony Sease, mailed 11,000 pre-filled voter registration forms in direct violation of state law.
Published: Friday, October 9th, 2020 @ 8:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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To usurp means “to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right,” according to my copy of Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary.
Published: Saturday, October 3rd, 2020 @ 11:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, the North Carolina Republican Party has submitted the official Republican Party List of nominees to serve on the North Carolina State Board of Elections.
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 @ 8:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Republican Board Members Resigned In Protest Over The Unethical Actions Taken By Governor Cooper’s Cronies And Attorney General Stein’s Manipulative Tactics
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2020 @ 4:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina voters have tried for a long time now to enact a common-sense voter identification law.
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2019 @ 10:36 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Governor Roy Cooper has appointed S. Katherine (Kat) Burnette to preside in Judicial District 9
Published: Friday, October 12th, 2018 @ 4:28 am
By: Governor's Office
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A Durham County grand jury on Monday indicted a former Durham County elections worker on charges related to the mishandling of provisional ballot results during the March 2016 primary election.
Published: Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017 @ 9:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today the North Carolina Trump-Pence campaign released the following statements from state leaders encouraging participation in early voting that begins today.
Published: Friday, October 21st, 2016 @ 7:07 pm
By: Russell Allen
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Chairman Josh Howard has accepted the resignation of Paul Foley from the State Board of Elections.
Published: Thursday, July 16th, 2015 @ 6:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yes, it is true that Charles Hickman has declined the appointment to the Beaufort County Board of Elections. His letter has been received by the State Board of Elections and they are in the process of responding to it.
Published: Monday, July 15th, 2013 @ 3:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This amendment likely violates individual due process and equal protection guarantees, in addition to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Published: Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 @ 1:07 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Supporters of public campaign financing have long claimed that it would never have a partisan slant. But the latest Civitas investigation has found how one liberal activist has taken control of the process.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2013 @ 8:37 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Yep. I find that hard to believe, as well. We've documented the story about mentally-handicapped people being hauled to the polls on election day to "cast votes."
Published: Sunday, May 5th, 2013 @ 11:25 am
By: Brant Clifton
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If you don't understand what Director Gary Bartlett is trying to explain to the State Board of Elections in this video that's okay, it's pretty evident the Board doesn't understand too much either.
Published: Tuesday, December 18th, 2012 @ 3:21 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Cecil Pearson's daughter Darlene told him she voted for Barack Obama for president. President of what? Cecil says Darlene couldn't tell you. Darlene, 40, is developmentally disabled and functions cognitively at about the level of a 7-year old.
Published: Monday, December 3rd, 2012 @ 2:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Kellie Hopkins, Director of Elections for Beaufort County, issued two press releases: One from the Beaufort County Board of Elections and one from the North Carolina Board of Elections below the first.
Published: Thursday, November 29th, 2012 @ 6:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Representative Bill Cook (R-Beaufort) called on the State Board of Elections to declare him the winner of the State Senate District 1 race today following his 21 vote victory in Monday's district-wide recount.
Published: Wednesday, November 28th, 2012 @ 3:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Civitas Institute President Francis De Luca has called out the head of the State Board of Elections for lying about the state's elections process.
Published: Sunday, November 25th, 2012 @ 7:43 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A new Civitas Institute study has confirmed what critics have been saying for years: North Carolina's Same Day and Last-Minute Voter Registration processes are seriously flawed.
Published: Saturday, October 27th, 2012 @ 10:03 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Cherry Hospital, a state-run adult inpatient psychiatric facility in Goldsboro, welcomed a federally funded nonprofit organization to conduct a voter registration drive of mental patients, likely a violation of state law.
Published: Friday, October 26th, 2012 @ 5:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The data comes straight from the State Board of Elections (SBOE) website, where it is refreshed each morning with the previous day's early voting activity.
Published: Sunday, September 23rd, 2012 @ 3:01 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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As North Carolina voters avoided the voting booth by the millions on Tuesday, election officials and academics called on the General Assembly to scrap the state's expensive, no-show runoff elections.
Published: Wednesday, July 18th, 2012 @ 11:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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