State Board of Elections /tags/state-board-of-elections State Board of Elections en-US Copyright Fri, 07 Mar 2025 18:53:50 GMT In legal filings, former elections directors and military leaders oppose Griffin's ballot protests /politics/2025-03-07/former-elections-directors-military-leaders-oppose-griffin-ballot-protests Former local elections directors from across the state and ex-military officials and service members' spouses have filed briefs against Jefferson Griffin in his legal battle to turn around his electoral loss in a race for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court. Fri, 07 Mar 2025 18:53:50 GMT /politics/2025-03-07/former-elections-directors-military-leaders-oppose-griffin-ballot-protests Rusty Jacobs A decision by NC counties to accept dead voters’ ballots upsets some, unites others /politics/2025-02-12/nc-counties-accept-dead-voters-ballots-carolina-public Are ballots valid if voters die before Election Day? The state seems to say no. That hasn’t stopped some officials from counting them anyway. Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:42:27 GMT /politics/2025-02-12/nc-counties-accept-dead-voters-ballots-carolina-public Sarah Michels | Carolina Public Press Federal court considers appeal, state Supreme Court issues stay in battle for NC Supreme Court seat /politics/2025-01-07/north-carolina-supreme-court-race-federal-elections-board-riggs-griffin attorneys for the state elections board have filed an appeal with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to reverse a federal judge's order remanding the case to North Carolina's Supreme Court Tue, 07 Jan 2025 15:33:19 GMT /politics/2025-01-07/north-carolina-supreme-court-race-federal-elections-board-riggs-griffin Rusty Jacobs State Supreme Court candidate Griffin wants the justices on that bench to help him win /politics/2024-12-18/north-carolina-state-supreme-court-race-2024-griffin-riggs-help Republican Jefferson Griffin has petitioned the North Carolina Supreme Court to intervene in his race for a seat on that court and order the state elections board to throw out more than 60,000 ballots. Thu, 19 Dec 2024 03:04:10 GMT /politics/2024-12-18/north-carolina-state-supreme-court-race-2024-griffin-riggs-help Rusty Jacobs Roy Cooper vetoes bill that would take power from governor, other Democrats /politics/2024-11-26/cooper-vetoes-bill-power-governor-democrats-josh-stein-election-board Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would shift power away from incoming Governor Josh Stein and other newly elected Democrats. Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:40:18 GMT /politics/2024-11-26/cooper-vetoes-bill-power-governor-democrats-josh-stein-election-board Colin Campbell NC’s top elections official says Senate leader made false accusation about vote count /politics/2024-11-21/nc-senate-leader-phil-berger-false-accusation-vote-count After Senate leader Phil Berger told reporters that this year’s post-election vote counting process is “another episode of ‘count until somebody you want to win, wins,’” the leader of the State Board of Elections called on him to retract the statement. Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:54:26 GMT /politics/2024-11-21/nc-senate-leader-phil-berger-false-accusation-vote-count Colin Campbell Absentee voting in North Carolina starts under a cloud of menace /politics/2024-09-23/absentee-voting-north-carolina The FBI is investigating what it calls a "series of suspicious mailings sent to election officials in several states," including North Carolina. Mon, 23 Sep 2024 18:21:20 GMT /politics/2024-09-23/absentee-voting-north-carolina Rusty Jacobs Judge OKs UNC digital student ID for voting /politics/2024-09-19/unc-digital-student-id-one-card-voting A Wake County Superior Court judge denied the North Carolina Republican Party's request to block use of the UNC Mobile One Card as a form of voter ID. Fri, 20 Sep 2024 01:02:23 GMT /politics/2024-09-19/unc-digital-student-id-one-card-voting Rusty Jacobs Uncertainty looms over North Carolina's ballot process /politics/2024-09-10/uncertainty-looms-over-north-carolinas-ballot-process Ordered by the North Carolina Supreme Court to reprint absentee ballots, the state elections board said it's unsure when it can start sending ballots to voters who have requested them. Tue, 10 Sep 2024 18:16:25 GMT /politics/2024-09-10/uncertainty-looms-over-north-carolinas-ballot-process Rusty Jacobs RFK Jr. wins effort to leave ballot in North Carolina, but stays on in Michigan /politics/2024-09-10/rfk-jr-ballot-north-carolina-michigan The highest courts in two states have ruled differently on efforts by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be removed from their presidential ballots. A divided North Carolina Supreme Court affirmed late Monday that he should be omitted from that state's ballots. Tue, 10 Sep 2024 12:40:48 GMT /politics/2024-09-10/rfk-jr-ballot-north-carolina-michigan Associated Press