Press Releases

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.

Gov. Roy Cooper appointed five members to the new State Board of Elections on Thursday.

By a unanimous vote of all members present, the newly appointed State Board of Elections on Thursday elected Bob Cordle of Charlotte as board chair and Dr. Stella Anderson of Boone as board secretary.

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 on Tuesday (November 6) extended voting at two polling places in North Carolina after temporary voting disruptions at those sites earlier in the day.

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 Bipartisan State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement voted unanimously on Wednesday to recognize the Constitution Party of North Carolina as the state’s newest political party.

Eight members of the Bipartisan State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement on Wednesday unanimously selected two nominees for the final seat on the State Board. Both nominees are registered as unaffiliated voters.

Governor Roy Cooper today appointed four Democrats and four Republicans to the State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement.

Members of the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement met for the first time Friday after the N.C. Court of Appeals on Thursday afternoon temporarily reinstated legislation merging the State Board of Elections and the State Ethics Commission.