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New legislation filed in the General Assembly would reduce the time voters have to turn in their absentee ballots, making the outcome of elections clearer in a shorter time.
Published: Saturday, April 3rd, 2021 @ 5:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The year was 2016. One of our democratic NATO allies had just held a presidential election that had been extremely close.
Published: Monday, January 4th, 2021 @ 1:29 pm
By: Steven P. Rader
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Nine county boards of elections are meeting today to consider a total of at least 4,300 additional absentee by-mail ballots, and approved ballots will be added to the unofficial results on the State Board of Elections website after the meetings.
Published: Monday, November 9th, 2020 @ 10:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The U.S. Supreme Court will decide soon whether N.C. election officials count absentee ballots received by mail between Nov. 7 and Nov. 12.
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2020 @ 3:14 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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A U.S. District Court judge will not permit N.C. election officials to count absentee ballots that lack a witness signature required by law.
Published: Thursday, October 15th, 2020 @ 10:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Two lawsuits challenging the N.C. State Board of Elections’ plans for handling absentee ballots this fall head before a federal judge Thursday, Oct. 8, in Greensboro.
Published: Friday, October 9th, 2020 @ 1:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the State Board of Elections’ attempt to rewrite N.C. elections law.
Published: Tuesday, October 6th, 2020 @ 9:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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North Carolina’s 2020 general election began on September 4, when thousands of absentee ballots were sent to voters. Thirty-two ballots (from military or overseas voters) were returned and accepted that same day.
Published: Thursday, September 10th, 2020 @ 5:54 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Below is NCGOP Chairman Michael Whatley’s Statement regarding the recent court ruling allowing convicted fellows to vote before completing their full sentence.
Published: Tuesday, September 8th, 2020 @ 5:08 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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More than 200,000 North Carolinians have already requested an absentee mail-in ballot for November’s elections
Published: Saturday, August 22nd, 2020 @ 1:53 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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As mail-in absentee ballot requests surge in North Carolina, the State Board of Elections this week released an improved North Carolina Absentee Ballot Request Form for the November 3 election.
Published: Thursday, August 20th, 2020 @ 11:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The State Board of Elections has learned that a voter advocacy group mailed about 80,000 absentee ballot request forms to North Carolina residents with voters’ information already filled out on the forms.
Published: Friday, June 12th, 2020 @ 12:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Republicans on Tuesday, June 2, amended a bill to tighten oversight of absentee ballots and address possible voter fraud in the Senate Redistricting and Elections Committee.
Published: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020 @ 7:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The State Board of Elections invites members of the public to comment on the proposed text of an amendment to a temporary rule pertaining to the photo ID requirements for absentee ballots.
Published: Monday, December 2nd, 2019 @ 5:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday paused the preparation of ballots for the November 6 general election as a result of legal challenges to proposed constitutional amendments
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2018 @ 6:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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