A. Grant Whitney, Jr. was unanimously selected as Chairman of the State Board of Elections and sworn in today, Friday, Jan. 15.
Press Releases
The State Board of Elections will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, January 19, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. in the Auditorium of the Office for Regional Initiatives at the University of North Carolina Pembroke (located in the Carolina Commerce and Technology Center, or COMtech), 115 Livermore Drive, Pembroke, NC.
The State Board of Elections will hold a public meeting on Friday, January 15, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. at its office in Raleigh (441 N. Harrington Street).
The North Carolina State Board of Elections and the Lee County Board of Elections will hold a public meeting, 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016.
The State Board of Elections today announced that 27 presidential candidates will appear on North Carolina’s presidential primary ballot.
The State Board of Elections will hold a public meeting by teleconference on Tuesday, January 5, 2016, at 11:00 a.m.
The State Board of Elections today announced that it has hired veteran reporter and anchor Jackie Hyland as the agency’s public information officer. Hyland spent more than two decades covering national and local news in New York, Dallas, and Raleigh, most recently at the CBS-affiliate WRAL in Raleigh.
Candidate filing begins today at noon across North Carolina, with the State Board of Elections estimating that roughly 2,500 candidates will file before the deadline at noon Dec. 21.
Josh Howard is stepping down as chairman of the State Board of Elections, effective January 1, 2016. Howard announced his plans during a meeting Tuesday morning.
The State Board of Elections today released a new public service announcement regarding voter ID requirements set to begin in 2016.