The State Board of Elections on Tuesday voted unanimously to wait until June 12 to move members of the Constitution and Green parties to unaffiliated status in order to give the parties time to try to gather enough signatures to regain recognition in North Carolina.
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The State Board of Elections will hold a remote meeting beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 23, 2021.
The Constitution Party and the Green Party are no longer recognized political parties in North Carolina.
In 2021, county boards of elections across North Carolina will conduct several important and required processes designed to keep the state’s voter rolls accurate and up to date.
Effective Jan. 1, 2021, the contribution limit for North Carolina political campaigns will increase by $200, from $5,400 to $5,600.
As 2020 ends, the State Board of Elections is looking back on a busy and historic year in North Carolina elections.
The State Board of Elections voted unanimously to certify results in the NC Supreme Court Chief Justice contest, with Republican Paul Newby as the winner.
The State Board of Elections will hold a remote meeting beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, December 18, 2020.
As of 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, county boards of elections had completed hand-to-eye recounts of the Supreme Court Chief Justice contest in 83 of 142 recount sites, with the ballots from the remaining 59 Election Day precincts and early voting sites to be counted in the coming days.
On Wednesday night, Democrat Cheri Beasley requested a hand-to-eye recount in a random sample of precincts in the NC Supreme Court Chief Justice contest. State law permits a candidate to request a sample hand-to-eye recount within 24 hours after the initial recount.