About
North Carolina State Board of Elections
The North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) is the state agency charged with the administration of the elections process and campaign finance disclosure and compliance.
The Governor appoints the members from a list of nominees submitted to the Governor by the State party chair of each of the two political parties having the highest number of registered affiliates. Not more than three members of the State Board shall be members of the same political party.
The state’s 100 county boards of elections conduct local elections, operate voting sites, maintain voter registration lists and handle numerous aspects of election administration. The office of the State Board works in conjunction with county boards of elections offices to ensure that elections are conducted lawfully and fairly.
State Board Members
Board Experience
Alan Hirsch has been a board member and chair since May 2023
Party Affiliation
Democratic Party
Occupation
President, North Carolina Healthcare Quality Alliance
Hometown
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Board Experience
Jeff Carmon has been a board member since 2019; secretary since May 2023
Party Affiliation
Democratic Party
Occupation
Licensed Attorney
Hometown
Snow Hill, North Carolina
Board Experience
Stacy “Four” Eggers IV became a board member in 2018 and was reappointed in October 2020 and May 2023; former member of Watauga County Board of Elections (2005–2013)
Party Affiliation
Republican Party
Occupation
Managing Partner of Eggers Law
Hometown
Boone, North Carolina
Board Experience
Kevin N. Lewis has been a board member since May 2023
Party Affiliation
Republican Party
Occupation
Attorney, The Valentine Law Firm; served on Nash County Board of Elections, 2007–2023
Hometown
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Board Experience
Siobhan O’Duffy Millen has been a board member since May 2023
Party Affiliation
Democratic Party
Occupation
Retired lawyer, volunteer voter registrar, member of the Dix Park Conservancy and The Flower Shuttle boards, and church refugee committee (sponsoring an Afghan family). Millen was chief judge in a Raleigh precinct for 13 years.
Hometown
Raleigh, North Carolina
State Board Executive Director
Karen Brinson Bell has served as executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections since June 1, 2019.
She has worked in elections administration since 2006 in county, state, and national roles. As North Carolina’s chief elections official, she leads the state agency, which is charged with administering elections and campaign finance compliance, overseeing the 100 county boards of elections, and ensuring voting for more than 7 million voters.