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Members of the press who wish to attend the press briefing with election officials in person must RSVP.

Fewer than 1,000 voters statewide may have received a letter in error from their county board of elections stating that they submitted a voter registration application after the registration deadline.

The first mailings are now going out as part of the State Board’s Registration Repair Project.

Voter registration deadlines are approaching for 2025 municipal elections.

A statement from Sam Hayes, executive director of the N.C. State Board of Elections, on the passage of House Bill 125.

The State Board launched the Registration Repair Project to collect identification numbers for about 103,000 voters missing them on the state’s voter rolls.

Remarks from Executive Director Sam Hayes, followed by Q&A with media.

This statement was updated May 9, 2025.

Sam Hayes is the new executive director of the State Board of Elections.

Five new appointees to the N.C. State Board of Elections were sworn in to four-year terms on Wednesday.