The Constitution Party and the Green Party are no longer recognized political parties in North Carolina. Both parties failed to turn out the required 2% of the total vote for their candidate for governor or for presidential electors in the 2020 general election. (Read a letter to the leaders of the parties.) Voters who register or update their registrations will no longer be able to affiliate with either party.The State Board of Elections will meet on February 23 to decide when to change the affiliation of voters registered with the Constitution and Green parties to unaffiliated status. State law says the State Board shall not make this change until at least 90 days after the general election.
RALEIGH, N.C. -- A statewide recount of more than five million ballots cast in North Carolina’s Supreme Court chief justice contest will begin later this week. The recount likely will take several days in some counties, and county boards of elections must complete their recounts by Wednesday,
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the State Board of Elections’ attempt to rewrite N.C. elections law. The board had tried to use a state-level lawsuit settlement to change absentee ballot rules. U.S. District Court Judge James Dever issued a temporary restraining order on Saturday, Oct.
by Lindsay Marchello and Rick Henderson, Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Illegally moving the goalposts. Intentionally violating North Carolinians’ civil rights. They’re the upshot of federal lawsuits filed separately on Saturday, Sept. 26, by Republican leaders in the N.C. Gen
by Lindsay Marchello, Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — A settlement in an election lawsuit strips absentee ballot protections, opening the door for election fraud, one election analyst says. Parties in the North Carolina Alliance of Retired Americans v. North Carolina State Boa
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Karen Brinson Bell, Executive Director of the State Board of Elections, on Friday issued an emergency order that a press release says will protect voters from disease and reduce the likelihood of long lines and crowds at voting sites during the 2020 general election. The order imp
