Press Releases

The State Board of Elections continues its investigation into irregularities affecting absentee voting in the 9th Congressional District. 

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.

Joshua Malcolm, chairman of the State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement, issued a letter this week directing agency staff to review and post materials associated with the investigation into election processes in certain counties within the 9th Congressional District. 

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 Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement will reconvene its meeting of Tuesday, November 27 by teleconference at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, November 30 at the below dial-in.

The Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement will hold a hearing and conduct State canvass at a meeting beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 27, 2018.

The Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement will hold a telephonic meeting at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, using the below dial-in.

The State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement has received reports that ballots in some precincts in Wake County and other areas cannot be fed through tabulators.

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.