Press Releases

The State Board of Elections will hold an in-person meeting at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, at the State Board of Elections offices, located on the third floor of the Dobbs Building, 430 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27603. Any member of the public may observe the meeting online and by phone using the information below.
The State Board of Elections invites members of the public to comment on four sets of proposed administrative rules on absentee voting, the photo ID requirement, recounts, and voting sites.
On the one-year anniversary of his appointment to the role, North Carolina State Board of Elections Executive Director Sam Hayes is reflecting on a series of accomplishments.
The State Board of Elections will hold a remote meeting via Webex at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, May 4, 2026.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections has identified approximately 34,000 deceased individuals on the state’s voter rolls following a comprehensive data comparison with the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database.
Notice of Remote MeetingThe State Board of Elections will hold a remote meeting via Webex at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. Any member of the public may observe the meeting online and by phone using the information below.
The State Board of Elections will soon check the citizenship of all registered voters in North Carolina against federal databases to identify and remove any non-U.S. citizens from the voter rolls. The board approved new rules at its meeting today for a process that must be followed before a voter is removed.
Notice of MeetingThe State Board of Elections will hold an in-person meeting at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 16, 2026, at the State Board of Elections offices, located on the third floor of the Dobbs Building, 430 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh, NC 27603. Any member of the public may observe the meeting online and by phone using the information below.
North Carolina State Board of Elections executive director Sam Hayes has issued a pair of statements on decisions issued Thursday in U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina.
The State Board of Elections on Wednesday unanimously certified the results of the 2026 primary election for all contests across the state, except for the federal contests for U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives Districts 1, 3, 6, 10, 11, and 13.