The Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at 8:00 a.m. in the agency's boardroom located at 430 N. Salisbury Street in Raleigh.
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Governor Roy Cooper today appointed four Democrats and four Republicans to the State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement.
The candidate filing period for most 2018 elections ended at noon Wednesday (Feb. 28).
After an order from the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued Friday (Feb. 9), candidates for N.C. Supreme Court and N.C. Court of Appeals will not file for election during the February filing period. Under the order, primaries will not be held for judicial offices in 2018.
The regular filing period begins at noon Monday, Feb. 12, and ends at noon Feb. 28 for candidates running for most elected offices across North Carolina in 2018
A former Durham County elections worker pleaded guilty Jan. 5 to failing to discharge duties of his office, a misdemeanor, stemming from the mishandling of provisional ballots in the March 2016 primary election.
The 17-day early voting period for the November municipal elections begins today (Thursday, Oct. 19) and runs through Saturday, Nov. 4.
North Carolina’s elections agency is calling on candidates eligible to request a runoff or recount to do so as soon as possible. Changes to state law last year compressed the time period between certification of election results and the start of early voting for runoffs. Candidates, by statute, have until noon on October 19 to request a runoff, but early voting is scheduled to begin on the same day.
To celebrate National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday (Sept. 26), representatives from the State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement will be available in downtown Raleigh to help citizens register to vote, update their registrations and learn more about voting in North Carolina.
North Carolina was not one of 21 states whose election systems were targeted by Russian cyber-actors in the 2016 General Election, a Department of Homeland Security official told state elections officials Friday.