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Absentee voting began today in 16 congressional primaries across the state after a federal court in February ordered legislators to redraw district lines.
On Friday, September 4, county boards of elections across North Carolina will begin sending absentee by mail ballots to registered voters who have requested ballots for the November 3 election. North Carolina is the first state to send ballots to voters for the 2020 election.
The State Board of Elections launched the Absentee Ballot Request Portal, which will allow voters to request ballots online.
The N.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday paused the preparation of ballots for the November 6 general election as a result of legal challenges to proposed constitutional amendments.
Students at colleges and universities who choose to vote by mail should request to have their ballot sent to the address where they will receive it.
In a bipartisan decision Friday, the State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement decided to hold a public evidentiary hearing into claims of irregularities and fraudulent activities related to absentee by-mail voting and potentially other matters in the 9th Congressional District contest. The State Board has not certified results in that race.
The ongoing investigation into absentee voting irregularities and other alleged activities in the 9th Congressional District is the top priority at the State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement.
The newly appointed, five-member State Board of Elections will hold a public evidentiary hearing later this month on claims of irregularities related to absentee by-mail voting and other alleged activities in certain counties in the 9th Congressional District.
The N.C. State Board of Elections is seeking public comments from June 21 to July 12 on proposed rules changes related to the implementation of the new voter ID law, including the photo identification requirement for absentee-by-mail voting.
Beginning Monday (Jan. 13), absentee by-mail ballots for the March primary election will be mailed to voters who requested them.