About
North Carolina State Board of Elections
The North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) is the independent state agency charged with the administration of the elections process and campaign finance disclosure and compliance.
The State Auditor appoints the members from a list of nominees submitted to the Auditor 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
Francis X. De Luca was first appointed to the Board in May 2025; he was elected chairman in 2025.
Party Affiliation
Republican Party
Occupation
Former president of the Civitas Institute; served in the United States Marine Corps for 30 years and retired with the rank of colonel; former member of the State Ethics Commission.
Hometown
Wilmington, 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
Jeff Carmon has been a board member since 2019. He was reappointed to a four-year term in 2025.
Party Affiliation
Democratic Party
Occupation
Licensed attorney
Hometown
Snow Hill, North Carolina
Board Experience
Siobhan O’Duffy Millen has been a board member since May 2023. She was reappointed to a four-year term in May 2025.
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
Board Experience
Robert Rucho was first appointed to the Board in May 2025.
Party Affiliation
Republican Party
Occupation
Retired dentist; former North Carolina State Senator.
Hometown
Catawba County, North Carolina
State Board Executive Director
The State Board appointed Sam Hayes as executive director in May 2025.
An attorney from Kernersville, Hayes practiced law in Washington, D.C., before returning to North Carolina to serve as general counsel of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of State Treasurer. Most recently, Hayes was general counsel to the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives. In that role, Hayes worked on the development of election policy and the defense of election law in state and federal court.
He earned his undergraduate degree in economics from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law. He currently resides in Raleigh with his wife, Adriane, and their two children.