North Carolina State Board of Elections
Performance audits and other additions reinforce elections bill
House Bill 958, Election Law Changes, appeared to be moving quickly through the General Assembly last year. It featured a host of election reforms, as seen in John Locke Foundation reviews of the original bill and a later…
Public comment on proposed election recount rules
The North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) has proposed changes to the recount process. I offered a public comment at an SBE hearing on June 8. The prepared text of that comment is below: I am Andy Jackson with the…
Fixing the Jackson County early voting site problem
The Jackson County Board of Elections (BOE) failed to reach a unanimous agreement on early voting site locations for the 2026 general election. That means the North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) will make that…
State Board of Elections proposes rules changes for absentee voting and voting sites
This is the second of a two-part series on proposed election rules changes. Part one covered proposed rules for recounts and voter ID. The North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) has proposed a set of election rules…
State Board of Elections proposes changes to recount, voter ID rules
This is the first a two-part series on proposed election rules changes. Part two will cover proposed rules for absentee voting and voting sites. The North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) has proposed a set of election…
Bring out your dead! Elections boards to remove 34,000 deceased voters
The North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) approved rules for removing non-citizens from voter rolls on a 3-2 party-line vote in April. Part of that process involves matching voter rolls with the Department of Homeland…
Getting to the end game in the Berger-Page race
North Carolina county boards of elections completed their official counts in the March 3 primary at their canvass meetings on March 13. In the 26th Senate District Republican primary, Rockingham Sheriff Sam Page finished with…
How do 2026 primary early voting sites compare to 2022?
The board of the North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) met on January 13 to make final decisions on early voting plans for counties whose boards of elections could not come to a unanimous agreement. The nonunanimous…
State elections board seeks public input into computer systems updates
The North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) is requesting public input on its planned update of its election management and campaign finance reporting software systems. The request includes a bare bones description of…
One year after Helene, remembering how election officials rose to the challenge
Cover photo: Madison County Board of Elections member Dyatt Smathers stands outside the former early voting site in Hot Springs, North Carolina, October, 2024. While government actions after Hurricane Helene struck western…
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