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Changes include making most mail ballots due by election day and making ballots associated with same-day registrations provisional
Published: Sunday, July 9th, 2023 @ 12:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As Election Day nears for the 2022 general election, the State Board of Elections wants to make sure voters and news reporters understand what to expect on November 8, including how the results reporting process works.
Published: Monday, November 7th, 2022 @ 6:16 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Today, voters across the Tarheel State gained a vital win in Wake Superior Court for ensuring the integrity of our upcoming Midterm elections.
Published: Friday, October 14th, 2022 @ 12:57 pm
By: Jeff Moore
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The public comment period runs to July 5
Published: Friday, July 8th, 2022 @ 4:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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As in-person early voting begins, North Carolina elections officials are reminding voters about how they can be confident their vote is counted this election season.
Published: Thursday, May 5th, 2022 @ 4:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As in-person early voting begins, North Carolina elections officials are reminding voters about how they can be confident their vote is counted this election season.
Published: Wednesday, May 4th, 2022 @ 2:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week, county boards of elections across North Carolina began sending absentee-by-mail ballots to registered voters who requested them for the May 17 primary and certain municipal elections.
Published: Wednesday, March 30th, 2022 @ 9:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Absentee-by-mail voters in North Carolina will be able to track the status of their ballots for the May 17 statewide primary election.
Published: Tuesday, March 15th, 2022 @ 9:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As 2020 ends, the State Board of Elections is looking back on a busy and historic year in North Carolina elections.
Published: Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020 @ 1:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The bipartisan State Board of Elections on Tuesday voted to certify nearly all contests in the 2020 general election, including the presidential contest.
Published: Friday, November 27th, 2020 @ 8:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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About 10 county boards of elections in North Carolina are meeting early this week to finalize their 2020 election results
Published: Monday, November 16th, 2020 @ 12:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The State Board of Elections is releasing the following facts about the post-election vote-counting process in North Carolina, in part to address rapidly spreading misinformation.
Published: Wednesday, November 11th, 2020 @ 11:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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As with any election, county boards of elections across North Carolina have begun the 10-day post-election process of counting the remaining ballots and conducting audits to verify the results.
Published: Thursday, November 5th, 2020 @ 12:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Catherine Truitt’s victory over Jen Mangrum for State Superintendent of Public Instruction was certainly one of the most significant and surprising Republican victories on Tuesday evening.
Published: Thursday, November 5th, 2020 @ 8:47 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The N.C. State Board of Elections anticipates that the results reported by the end of election night will include 97 percent or more of all ballots cast in North Carolina in the 2020 general election.
Published: Thursday, November 5th, 2020 @ 8:41 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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County boards of elections in North Carolina will accept mail-in ballots received by November 12, as long as they are postmarked by Election Day, November 3.
Published: Friday, October 30th, 2020 @ 9:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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With a strong showing from mail-in and early voters, North Carolina on Friday eclipsed more than one million votes in the 2020 general election.
Published: Monday, October 19th, 2020 @ 10:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The State Board of Elections Friday morning voted to release the following documents to promote transparency and public confidence in the administration of elections
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2020 @ 12:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina voters who vote by mail can now track the status of their absentee ballot with a new online service called BallotTrax.
Published: Tuesday, September 15th, 2020 @ 10:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Starting today, September 1, 2020, North Carolina voters may request an absentee ballot completely online
Published: Friday, September 4th, 2020 @ 5:31 am
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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Through Sunday, August 9, North Carolina voters had submitted 163,374 requests for absentee by-mail ballots for the 2020 general election
Published: Tuesday, August 11th, 2020 @ 5:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina elections officials are responding to many voters’ questions and concerns about mass mailings, text messages, phone calls and home visits by political and advocacy groups.
Published: Saturday, August 8th, 2020 @ 2:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The following is a statement from the State Board of Elections office about the security of absentee voting by mail in North Carolina
Published: Thursday, July 30th, 2020 @ 6:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Karen Brinson Bell, Executive Director of the State Board of Elections, on Friday issued an emergency order to protect voters from disease and reduce the likelihood of long lines and crowds at voting sites during the 2020 general election.
Published: Monday, July 20th, 2020 @ 9:45 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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In-person early voting begins Thursday, June 4, for the Republican second primary in the 11th Congressional District and the new Republican primary in Columbus County Commissioner District 2.
Published: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020 @ 12:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. Rules Review Commission unanimously voted to reject a State Board of Elections’ request for emergency powers on Thursday, May 21.
Published: Thursday, May 28th, 2020 @ 12:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican lawmakers filed legislation to ban mail-only elections and tighten oversight for voting by absentee ballot.
Published: Wednesday, May 27th, 2020 @ 8:43 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On May 11, I noted that the State Board of Elections (SBE) was proposing to expand the emergency powers of SBE Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell
Published: Wednesday, May 20th, 2020 @ 2:43 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Republican second primary in the 11th Congressional District will take place as planned on June 23, with significant safeguards to protect against the spread of COVID-19.
Published: Thursday, May 7th, 2020 @ 10:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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