Press Releases

A grand jury in Granville County on Tuesday returned felony and misdemeanor indictments against a former Granville County elections worker alleged to have unlawfully altered voter registrations. The alleged misconduct was discovered and corrected before the 2016 general election.

The N.C. State Board of Elections on Friday released a report detailing findings of post-election audits and investigations into irregularities following the 2016 elections.  The Post-Election Audit Report: General Election 2016 was prepared in response to inquiries from members of Congress, state lawmakers, media organizations and the general public.

The State Board of Elections will hold a public meeting by teleconference at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, 2017.

The State Board of Elections will hold a public meeting by teleconference on Wednesday, February 22, 2017, at 2:15 p.m.

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.  

A Haywood County Superior Court jury on Thursday convicted 52-year-old Dewey George Gidcumb Jr. of voting twice in North Carolina’s March 2016 primary, a Class I felony.

The State Board of Elections will hold a public meeting by teleconference on Tuesday, January 31, 2017, at 9:00 a.m.

The number of North Carolinians who registered to vote or updated their registrations through various state agencies under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) more than doubled since 2012, from about 345,000 that year to a record 715,000 in 2016.

The State Board of Elections will hold a public meeting in its boardroom located at 441 North Harrington Street in Raleigh on Thursday, December 15, 2016, at 11:30 a.m.

The State Board of Elections will hold a public meeting by teleconference on Friday, December 9, 2016, at 11:45 a.m.