/tags/voter-registration Voter Registration en-US Copyright Sat, 05 Oct 2024 11:37:30 GMT /politics/2024-10-05/voter-registration-deadline-extension-helene Democrats and civil rights groups are asking election officials in the states ravaged by Hurricane Helene to give voters more time to register for the Nov. 5 presidential election. In North Carolina, one of the most fiercely contested presidential battlegrounds, election officials aren't planning to extend the Oct. 11 voter registration deadline, but that could change when the Legislature meets next week to consider adjustments to state election laws. Sat, 05 Oct 2024 11:37:30 GMT /politics/2024-10-05/voter-registration-deadline-extension-helene Associated Press /politics/2023-10-23/thousands-register-new-labels-party-unaffiliated-voters More than 2,000 voters have registered as members of North Carolina’s newest political party. Some observers are questioning whether the voters might have signed up for the No Labels Party by accident. Mon, 23 Oct 2023 20:01:33 GMT /politics/2023-10-23/thousands-register-new-labels-party-unaffiliated-voters Colin Campbell /politics/2023-05-25/republican-lawmakers-north-carolina-voter-compact-eric After approving funding for joining the multi-state collective known by acronym ERIC, Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly want to prohibit the state from joining the organization Thu, 25 May 2023 13:51:56 GMT /politics/2023-05-25/republican-lawmakers-north-carolina-voter-compact-eric Rusty Jacobs /politics/2022-03-10/trump-chief-nc-congressman-mark-meadows-voter-registration-question Public records show Meadows is registered to vote in two states, including North Carolina, where he listed a mobile home he did not own — and may never have visited — as his legal residence weeks before casting a ballot in the 2020 election. Thu, 10 Mar 2022 12:09:21 GMT /politics/2022-03-10/trump-chief-nc-congressman-mark-meadows-voter-registration-question Associated Press /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2021-05-07/unaffiliated-meet-north-carolinas-new-growing-voter-demographic ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s Rusty Jacobs looks at what voters changing their Republican and Democratic party affiliations means for future elections in North Carolina and the South. Fri, 07 May 2021 15:59:19 GMT /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2021-05-07/unaffiliated-meet-north-carolinas-new-growing-voter-demographic Rusty Jacobs /politics/2021-03-17/voter-outreach-drop-rejected-mail-ballots-politics-election AP found the rate of ballot rejections was actually lower in November than during last year’s primaries in several politically pivotal states despite an increase in the total number of mailed ballots cast. Wed, 17 Mar 2021 17:40:32 GMT /politics/2021-03-17/voter-outreach-drop-rejected-mail-ballots-politics-election Associated Press /politics/2021-03-08/gop-defectors-wont-necessarily-leave-republican-candidates-in-nc The end of the Trump presidency has seen an uptick in the number of registered voters leaving the North Carolina Republican Party. But that hardly means less statewide support for GOP candidates. Mon, 08 Mar 2021 14:11:26 GMT /politics/2021-03-08/gop-defectors-wont-necessarily-leave-republican-candidates-in-nc Rusty Jacobs /news/2020-10-06/group-sent-thousands-of-incorrect-voter-registration-forms-to-north-carolinians Around 11,000 voter registration forms pre-filled with incorrect information were mistakenly sent to people in North Carolina by a group seeking to… Tue, 06 Oct 2020 15:30:07 GMT /news/2020-10-06/group-sent-thousands-of-incorrect-voter-registration-forms-to-north-carolinians Associated Press /arts-culture/2018-04-09/activism-inspired-by-life-on-a-military-base-meet-erin-byrd Activist Erin Byrd grew up moving from one military base to the next – from Virginia to Texas to South Korea to Texas to Germany and back to the U.S.… Mon, 09 Apr 2018 16:07:27 GMT /arts-culture/2018-04-09/activism-inspired-by-life-on-a-military-base-meet-erin-byrd Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-04-09/activism-inspired-by-life-on-a-military-base-meet-erin-byrd Activist Erin Byrd grew up moving from one military base to the next – from Virginia to Texas to South Korea to Texas to Germany and back to the U.S.… Mon, 09 Apr 2018 16:07:27 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-04-09/activism-inspired-by-life-on-a-military-base-meet-erin-byrd Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio