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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.

The State Board of Elections voted Saturday to dismiss the election protest of Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr. of Bladen County, citing a lack of substantial evidence of a violation of election law or other irregularity or misconduct sufficient to cast doubt on the results of the election.

The State Board of Elections will hold a public meeting on Saturday, December 3, 2016, at 1:30 p.m. in its boardroom located at 441 North Harrington Street, Raleigh.

The State Board of Elections will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, at 4:00 p.m. in its boardroom located at 441 North Harrington Street, Raleigh.

The State Board of Elections will hold a public meeting by teleconference on Sunday, November 27, 2016, at 12:30 p.m.

The State Board will reconvene at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 22 in accord with the enclosed Order.