Chairman Josh Howard has accepted the resignation of Paul Foley from the State Board of Elections.
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The first of nine public hearings on proposed rules for voter ID implementation that will take effect in 2016 will occur on Wednesday.
The State Board of Elections today released the results of a study regarding wait times across North Carolina during the 2014 General Election. Counties reported to the State Board that lines never topped one hour at 90% of early voting sites or at 98% of precinct polling locations on Election Day.
The State Board of Elections today announced that Gov. Pat McCrory has awarded Don Wright The Order of the Long Leaf Pine, one the state’s most prestigious civilian honors. Wright will retire Monday from his post as longtime general counsel to the Board of Elections. He is a 30-year veteran of state government.
The State Board of Elections today released demographic statistics for the 2014 general election.
All 100 county boards of election will meet Friday morning to authenticate results from the 2014 general election.
The State Board of Election may order a recount in a State Supreme Court contest between Cheri Beasley and Mike Robinson. With only 10 precincts unreported, the margin between Beasley and Robinson is just over 5,000 votes.
The State Board of Elections results website has encountered intermittent outages and updating lags. The Agency is working with the State Office of Information Technology to increase bandwidth and resolve these display errors.
Midterm voter participation in North Carolina set a new record tonight. As of 10:34PM, 2,717,920 voters had cast ballots. In 2010, turnout was 2,700,393.
More North Carolinians voted early and within fewer days than in any prior midterm election.