Press Releases

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 State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement is reminding voters that North Carolina law prohibits taking photographs of voted ballots. N.C.G.S. § 163A-1133(c).
The Bipartisan State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement will hold a hearing at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 17, 2018, in the Agency’s board room located on the third floor of the Dobbs Building, 430 N. Salisbury Street in Raleigh.
The Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement on Friday unanimously authorized the N.C. Attorney General’s Office to take necessary steps to quash recent grand jury subpoenas served by federal authorities on the State Board and County Boards of Elections.
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.
A Durham County grand jury on Monday indicted a former Durham County elections worker on charges related to the mishandling of provisional ballot results during the March 2016 primary election.
The State Board of Elections will hold a public meeting by teleconference on Wednesday, February 22, 2017, at 2:15 p.m.
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 will reconvene at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 22 in accord with the enclosed Order.