Filing begins today at noon for candidates seeking nomination to the U.S. House of Representatives under new district lines still awaiting approval by a federal court in Winston Salem. Filing also opens for the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Filing will close at noon on Friday, March 25. A list of candidates will update periodically online.
Press Releases
The State Board of Elections will hold an emergency public meeting by teleconference on Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. to consider extending closing times at precincts affected by delays in excess of 15 minutes.
The State Board of Elections is reminding voters that tomorrow is Election Day and the deadline to postmark mail-in absentee ballots.
The State Board of Elections will hold an emergency public meeting by teleconference on Saturday, March 12, 2016, at 9:00 a.m.
The State Board of Elections today designated a special filing period for qualified candidates to file for election for State Supreme Court.
Reminders for journalists and the public about the guidelines for filming at polling locations on Election Day.
The State Board of Elections will hold a public meeting by teleconference on Thursday, March 10, 2016, at 10:00 a.m.
Beginning Thursday, voters will have more early voting opportunities than in the 2012 primary, the last comparable election cycle.
State Board of Elections Executive Director Kim Westbrook Strach issued the following statement on the passage of House Bill 2.
The State Board of Elections will speak to voters in Perquimans County on Saturday, Feb. 20.