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The State Board of Elections Friday morning voted to release the following documents to promote transparency and public confidence in the administration of elections and to ensure voters have accurate information about recent board decisions: Minutes of the September 15 closed session meeting during which the board discussed a possible settlement of lawsuits challenging certain absentee voting procedures.

The State Board of Elections will hold a remote meeting beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, September 25, 2020.

The Fourth Circuit today reinstated same-day registration and out-of-precinct voting ahead of the General Election in November.  A divided panel ordered the lower court to enjoin enforcement of new election procedures that eliminated same-day registration and required that a voter cast her ballot in her properly assigned precinct.  Judge Diana Gribbon Motz dissented.

The U.S. Supreme Court today stayed a federal appeals court order that would have enjoined parts of North Carolina’s new voting law regarding same-day registration and out-of-precinct voting. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented. 

The State Board of Elections on Tuesday announced changes to the absentee voting process to make it easier for a voter to fix problems with their absentee ballot.

With election day less than a week away, the State Board of Elections is reminding journalists and the public of guidelines for filming at polling locations.

The following is a message to North Carolina voters from Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections: It is illegal to vote twice in an election.

The State Board will reconvene at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 22 in accord with the enclosed Order. 

The State Board of Elections will hold a public meeting by teleconference on Sunday, November 27, 2016, at 12:30 p.m.

The State Board of Elections will hold a public meeting by teleconference on Wednesday, February 22, 2017, at 2:15 p.m.