After the November 3 general election, the State Board of Elections will randomly select precincts, early voting sites and by-mail ballots to be counted by hand in each county.
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The State Board of Elections will hold a remote meeting beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.
The State Board of Elections will hold a remote meeting beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted Tuesday to extend voting at four precincts after each polling site opened late. North Carolina has 2,660 Election Day polling places.
State Board of Elections Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell will be available at 10 a.m. Tuesday for a dial-in media briefing regarding Election Day.
State Board of Elections leadership will be available at 3 p.m. today (November 2) for a dial-in media briefing regarding Election Day.
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.
Recently, questions have arisen about the law pertaining to assistance to voters at voting sites. The State Board of Elections will investigate credible allegations of improper assistance.
With the early voting period ending Saturday, October 31, North Carolina voters still wanting to cast a ballot may vote in person on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3. The State Board offers the following tips for Election Day voters.
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. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday to uphold this deadline.