Press Releases

3:01 p.m: The State Board of Elections on Tuesday finalized election results for the November 2021 municipal elections and took steps toward expanding and improving the state’s post-election audits and better explaining them to voters.

11:49 a.m: The State Board of Elections will hold a remote beginning at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, November 23, 2021.

4:03 p.m: In continued efforts to ensure confidence in North Carolina elections, 17 county boards of elections will pilot risk-limiting audits of the November 2, 2021 municipal elections.

12:12 p.m: Under state law, election officials must release the number of provisional ballots cast in each county by noon two days after each election.

7:18 a.m: After the November 2, 2021 municipal elections, the State Board of Elections will randomly select precincts, early voting sites and absentee-by-mail ballots to be counted by hand in each county with a municipal election.

7:03 p.m: The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted Tuesday to extend voting at one precinct after the polling site ran out of ballots for a certain ballot type.

Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the State Board of Elections, gave the following comments at a media availability at noon on municipal Election Day.

The State Board of Elections will hold a remote meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 2, 2021.

State Board of Elections Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell and legal counsel will be available at noon Tuesday for a dial-in media briefing regarding municipal Election Day.

The State Board is offering 10 tips for Election Day voters ahead of the 2021 municipal elections.