2:50 p.m: 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.
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10:31 a.m: A number of voter advocacy and political organizations have begun to send mass mailings to voters and prospective voters across North Carolina as the 2022 statewide primary election approaches.
4:04 p.m: Absentee-by-mail voters in North Carolina will be able to track the status of their ballots for the May 17 statewide primary election.
2:52 p.m: The State Board of Elections will hold a remote meeting beginning at 9 a.m. on Thursday, March 17, 2022.
5:34 pm: The NC State Board of Elections on Monday approved in-person early voting plans for the 2022 primary election for Bladen, Columbus, Gates, Lincoln, Pasquotank, Surry, and Chatham counties.
3:17 p.m: With a drawing and a coin flip, the State Board of Elections on Friday, March 4, randomly determined the order of candidates on the ballot for the 2022 primary and general elections in North Carolina.
2:47 p.m: State Board of Elections staff will hold a random drawing at 2:30 p.m. Friday, March 4 to determine the order of candidates on ballots for the 2022 primary and general elections.
1:30 p.m: The State Board of Elections will hold a remote meeting beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, March 7, 2022.
5:17 p.m: 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.
11:44 a.m: Candidate filing for the 2022 statewide primary and rescheduled municipal elections will resume at 8 a.m. Thursday, February 24, and run through noon March 4.