Press Releases

With a drawing and a coin flip, the State Board of Elections on Friday (December 20) randomly determined the order of candidates on the ballot for the 2020 primary and general elections in North Carolina.

The State Board of Elections on Friday approved modifications to a certified election system for use in North Carolina that improve the security and functionality of the system.

The State Board of Elections will hold an in-person meeting beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 20, 2019.

The State Board of Elections will hold a telephonic meeting beginning at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, December 13, 2019.

The first of four educational mailings about the photo ID requirement for voting, which takes effect in 2020, will soon arrive in mailboxes of North Carolina residents. Every residential household in the state – 4.7 million in all – will receive a mailer in the coming days.

Voters across North Carolina soon will learn the candidates who will vie for their votes in 2020.

State Elections Director Karen Brinson Bell on Tuesday approved 20 additional types of University of North Carolina System student and employee photo IDs for use in the 2020 elections.

The State Board of Elections will hold an in-person meeting beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 26, 2019.

The State Board of Elections invites members of the public to comment on the proposed text of a permanent administrative rule pertaining to the issuance of free voter photo ID cards by county boards of elections.

The Voter Search and other voter tools on the State Board of Elections’ website are now restored after being offline for about an hour Tuesday morning.