The State Board of Elections has launched a multifaceted public education campaign designed to ensure the state’s 7.5 million registered voters know that they will be asked for photo identification when voting in 2024.
Published: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 @ 6:13 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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In-person early voting for the 2024 primary election begins Thursday, February 15, and runs through Saturday, March 2, at early voting locations across North Carolina.
Published: Friday, February 16th, 2024 @ 10:14 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Raleigh, N.C. — The State Board of Elections invites the public to comment on two proposed permanent rules for implementing the photo ID requirement for in-person and absentee-by-mail voters in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, November 28th, 2023 @ 8:26 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The State Board of Elections will soon open another application period for eligible educational institutions and government agencies to apply to have their student and employee photo IDs approved for voting purposes in the 2024 elections.
Published: Monday, October 30th, 2023 @ 11:57 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Raleigh, N.C. — In-person early voting for the November 2023 municipal elections begins Thursday, October 19, and ends Saturday, November 4 for voters in about 385 North Carolina municipalities.
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2023 @ 1:23 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the State Board of Elections, will hold a virtual press availability from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Wednesday, October 18, 2023.
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 @ 9:04 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The in-person early voting period for September 2023 municipal elections in Charlotte and Sanford begins Thursday, August 24, and ends Saturday, September 9.
Published: Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023 @ 5:38 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The State Board of Elections on Tuesday unanimously approved temporary rules related to the implementation of the photo ID requirement for voting in North Carolina elections.
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2023 @ 9:29 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The following are 10 facts about North Carolina’s photo ID requirement for voting:
Published: Saturday, June 10th, 2023 @ 6:49 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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State Board Releases Video Informing Voters That Photo ID Will Not Be Required in March 2020 PrimaryThe State Board of Elections on Monday released a video of Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell informing North Carolina voters that they will not be required to show photo ID for the March 2020 primary election.
Published: Wednesday, January 8th, 2020 @ 5:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The first of four educational mailings about the photo ID requirement for voting, which takes effect in 2020, will soon arrive in mailboxes of North Carolina residents.
Published: Monday, December 9th, 2019 @ 5:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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 bill removed student IDs as an acceptable photo ID for casting ballots. The first time university-issued student identification and state agency employee IDs could be used to vote would be 2021
Published: Thursday, March 21st, 2019 @ 3:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On November 6, an amendment to the North Carolina constitution requiring voters to present a photo identification for voting in person (the "Voter ID" amendment) passed with 55 percent support.
Published: Thursday, December 6th, 2018 @ 10:35 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Despite the 4th Circuit decision striking down the NC Voter ID law, there are options that our Governor, Pat McCrory, and our state legislature can take to provide reasonable and common-sense measures at polling places next month.
Published: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 @ 5:35 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Governor Pat McCrory issued a statement following the ruling by U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder upholding all parts of the state's voter ID law...
Published: Wednesday, April 27th, 2016 @ 11:31 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Candidate filing begins today at noon across North Carolina, with the State Board of Elections estimating that roughly 2,500 candidates will file before the deadline at noon December 21.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 11:34 am
By: Chris Downey
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The State Board of Elections today released a new public service announcement regarding voter ID requirements set to begin in 2016. Ads are slated to run on television and radio through the 2016 Election Cycle.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 1:07 am
By: Chris Downey
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North Carolina is the first state to lose a voter photo ID case and the Republicans in the state legislature were the deciding factor.
Published: Friday, July 3rd, 2015 @ 2:52 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina is the first state to lose a voter photo ID case and the Republicans in the state legislature were the deciding factor.
Published: Friday, June 26th, 2015 @ 2:00 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Incredible. It is amazing that something that is sooooo common sense is having such difficulty navigating through the conservative revolution
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 8:33 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The most recent Civitas Poll shows North Carolina voters strongly support laws protecting the integrity and stature of the election process.
Published: Monday, March 16th, 2015 @ 2:41 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A group of Democrat senators has introduced a bill calling for JUST that.
Published: Sunday, February 22nd, 2015 @ 11:12 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The U.S. Supreme Court has lifted the block on North Carolina’s election-law changes for the 2014 campaign. It was a dramatic end to months of dire warnings, raucous debate, and courtroom machinations
Published: Friday, October 17th, 2014 @ 5:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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With a quarter-million questionable voter registrations on the books in NC, it's no wonder the state elections board needs more investigators. That's also why sustaining and enforcing the state's recent voter reforms is more urgent than ever.
Published: Monday, May 26th, 2014 @ 3:34 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The North Carolina Senate on Wednesday tentatively passed a hugely popular, common-sense provision that requires North Carolinians to show a photo ID when they vote.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2013 @ 12:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Following nearly three years of debate, the state House Wednesday gave its approval to a bill requiring North Carolina voters to provide photo identification...
Published: Friday, April 26th, 2013 @ 12:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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House Republicans have rolled out their voter identification bill.
Published: Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 @ 9:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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And, now we can add to that list: "infiltrate the State Board of Elections, and break the law."
Published: Wednesday, March 13th, 2013 @ 10:19 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Is adopting a law requiring photo identification for North Carolinians to vote a common sense solution to voter fraud that has become - unnecessarily - highly politicized?
Published: Thursday, February 7th, 2013 @ 2:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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