Filing for most 2026 contests begins at noon on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, and ends at noon on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025.
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In the six months since North Carolina State Board of Elections Executive Director Sam Hayes assumed
Personnel changes strengthen essential operations at state elections board
View the number of provisional ballots cast in each county by voting method for the Nov. 4, 2025, municipal elections in North Carolina.
On Nov. 5, the State Board of Elections staff will randomly select precincts, early voting sites, and absentee-by-mail ballots to be counted by hand in the counties with November municipal elections.
Members of the press who wish to attend the press briefing with election officials in person must RSVP.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections, in conjunction with the Office of the State Auditor, wants the public’s input.
Things to know about voting in North Carolina’s municipal elections on Tuesday, Nov. 4.
Fewer than 1,000 voters statewide may have received a letter in error from their county board of elections stating that they submitted a voter registration application after the registration deadline.
The State Board of Elections will hold an in-person meeting at 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025.