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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: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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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: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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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: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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