The State Board of Elections will hold an in-person meeting at 9 a.m. on Thursday, September 17, 2026.
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Note: This reconvened State Board meeting has a new Webex link for the public.
On Friday, North Carolina’s 100 county boards of elections will begin sending absentee-by-mail ballots to voters who requested a ballot for this election.
That day, North Carolina will become the first state in the country to send absentee ballots to voters, marking the start of voting in the 2026 midterm general election. Election Day is November 3. For more information, go to Upcoming Election.
The State Board of Elections invites members of the public to comment on four sets of proposed administrative rules and amendments to existing rules related to campaign finance disclosures and complaints in North Carolina.
The new hearing will be held at 9 a.m. on July 16, 2026, in the Board Room at the State Board of Elections, Dobbs Building, 430 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh, NC 27603.
The State Board of Elections on Wednesday unanimously certified the results of the 2026 primary election for all contests across the state, except for the federal contests for U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives Districts 1, 3, 6, 10, 11, and 13.
The county boards of elections in Guilford and Rockingham counties on Tuesday morning will begin a partial hand recount of ballots in randomly selected precincts in the N.C. Senate District 26 contest between candidates Phil Berger and Sam Page.
The State Board of Elections will hold an in-person meeting at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, at the State Board of Elections offices, located on the third floor of the Dobbs Building, 430 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh, NC 27603.
The State Board of Elections has received a request for a hand recount in a random sample of precincts in the Republican primary election for N.C. Senate District 26, which includes all of Rockingham County and part of Guilford County.
Under state law, election officials must release the number of provisional ballots cast by voting method in each county in North Carolina by noon two days after each election. [Provisional voting requirements (N.C.G.S. § 163-166.11(5))]
The PDF at the following link shows the number of provisional ballots cast in each county by voting method during the March 3, 2026, Primary Election.