The N.C. State Board of Elections is seeking public comments from June 21 to July 12 on proposed rules changes related to the implementation of the new voter ID law, including the photo identification requirement for absentee-by-mail voting.
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The State Board of Elections will hold a public meeting beginning at noon on Thursday, June 13, 2019, in person at The Dobbs Building, Third Floor, 430 N. Salisbury Street, in Raleigh.
The newly appointed, five-member State Board of Elections will hold a public evidentiary hearing later this month on claims of irregularities related to absentee by-mail voting and other alleged activities in certain counties in the 9th Congressional District.
The ongoing investigation into absentee voting irregularities and other alleged activities in the 9th Congressional District is the top priority at the State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement.
In a bipartisan decision Friday, the State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement decided to hold a public evidentiary hearing into claims of irregularities and fraudulent activities related to absentee by-mail voting and potentially other matters in the 9th Congressional District contest. The State Board has not certified results in that race.
The N.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday paused the preparation of ballots for the November 6 general election as a result of legal challenges to proposed constitutional amendments.
Absentee voting began today in 16 congressional primaries across the state after a federal court in February ordered legislators to redraw district lines. Election day is June 7 and will include a statewide primary for N.C. Supreme Court.
The State Board of Elections is reminding voters that tomorrow is Election Day and the deadline to postmark mail-in absentee ballots. Ballots postmarked on or before Election Day will be accepted through March 18, though military and overseas voters have until March 21