/tags/ballot Ballot en-US Copyright Thu, 18 Jan 2024 21:00:41 GMT /politics/2024-01-18/first-absentee-ballots-of-north-carolinas-2024-primaries-to-be-mailed-out-friday Friday marks the start of early voting for the 2024 primaries in North Carolina with mail-in ballots getting sent to voters who requested them Thu, 18 Jan 2024 21:00:41 GMT /politics/2024-01-18/first-absentee-ballots-of-north-carolinas-2024-primaries-to-be-mailed-out-friday Rusty Jacobs /politics/2022-06-27/us-senate-seat-democrats-nc-green-party-recognition-hoh-elections-2022 As the NC Green Party seeks official recognition from the State Board of Elections, Democrats watch warily in a highly charged partisan election season with a U.S. Senate seat at stake Mon, 27 Jun 2022 11:31:16 GMT /politics/2022-06-27/us-senate-seat-democrats-nc-green-party-recognition-hoh-elections-2022 Rusty Jacobs /news/2022-03-16/in-texas-thousands-of-mail-ballots-were-rejected-following-new-id-requirements Perhaps most notably, Harris County rejected a whopping 19% percent of the mail ballots it received, or 6,888 ballots in total. Four years ago the county's rejection rate was about 0.3%. Wed, 16 Mar 2022 16:55:11 GMT /news/2022-03-16/in-texas-thousands-of-mail-ballots-were-rejected-following-new-id-requirements Ashley Lopez /law/2021-11-16/trial-set-north-carolina-ballot-probe-defendant-leslie-dowless A North Carolina judge has set a trial date next summer for a political operative accused of ballot fraud involving a 2018 congressional election whose results ultimately got thrown out. Tue, 16 Nov 2021 12:39:10 GMT /law/2021-11-16/trial-set-north-carolina-ballot-probe-defendant-leslie-dowless The Associated Press /politics/2020-12-04/hand-recount-in-nc-chief-justice-race-set-to-begin-next-week Hand recounts of a small portion of ballots cast statewide in the extremely close race for North Carolina Supreme Court chief justice will begin next week… Fri, 04 Dec 2020 21:44:21 GMT /politics/2020-12-04/hand-recount-in-nc-chief-justice-race-set-to-begin-next-week Associated Press /politics/2019-12-13/state-elections-board-gives-fast-track-approval-to-upgraded-voting-machine With the March 3rd primaries just around the corner, the state elections board has OK'd upgrades to a newly approved voting system, allowing the vendor to… Fri, 13 Dec 2019 22:07:42 GMT /politics/2019-12-13/state-elections-board-gives-fast-track-approval-to-upgraded-voting-machine Rusty Jacobs /politics/2019-12-13/nc-board-considers-changes-to-newly-approved-voting-machines North Carolina elections officials will decide whether to accept software and equipment alterations by a voting-machine manufacturer that recently got… Fri, 13 Dec 2019 16:37:08 GMT /politics/2019-12-13/nc-board-considers-changes-to-newly-approved-voting-machines Associated Press /politics/2019-07-30/in-reversal-nc-board-could-certify-voting-vendors-this-week North Carolina's elections board indicated Tuesday that it could certify suppliers of new voting machines this week while scrapping a tentative plan to… Tue, 30 Jul 2019 20:19:34 GMT /politics/2019-07-30/in-reversal-nc-board-could-certify-voting-vendors-this-week Associated Press /politics/2019-07-29/nc-elections-board-to-vote-on-certifying-new-voting-equipment The State Board of Elections is scheduled to vote Monday night on the certification of new voting systems for use in North Carolina. The decision comes… Mon, 29 Jul 2019 13:11:13 GMT /politics/2019-07-29/nc-elections-board-to-vote-on-certifying-new-voting-equipment Rusty Jacobs /news/2019-04-01/nc-counties-face-tight-timeline-to-comply-with-state-voting-law Counties across the state are working to beat a December deadline to replace touch-screen voting machines with models that use a paper ballot in order to… Mon, 01 Apr 2019 14:15:45 GMT /news/2019-04-01/nc-counties-face-tight-timeline-to-comply-with-state-voting-law Elizabeth Friend