During her six years as elections director, Brinson Bell contended with COVID, Helene and an unprecedented effort to overturn ...

“I’m generally very hesitant to make changes to the normal running of our election,” said Republican member Stacy Eggers IV, who is from Boone in western North Carolina. “But these have ...

Republican Jefferson Griffin conceded after a monthslong legal battle. But Democrats suffered a defeat that may be more consequential: losing control of the state board that sets voting rules and ...

Our democracy is far from perfect, but this line matters ahead of this year’s and next year’s elections. From federal courts, the message is clear: as the district court in North Carolina put it last ...

As general counsel for the Speaker of the House, Hayes had a hand in writing Senate Bill 382, the Tropical Storm Helene ...

North Carolina has a “significant number” of voters with missing information in the state’s voter roll database, the government said.

By Steve Ford NC Newsline Our democracy, with free and fair elections at the cornerstone, can be warped in favor of those who manipulate the election process to their advantage — who gets to vote, ...

The North Carolina Legislature effectively approved the moving of Faith and China Grove’s elections to even years last week, voting overwhelmingly to approve House Bill 17. The local portions of the ...

While the Department of Justice’s lawsuit doesn’t seek to change any election results, it could endanger the registration status of nearly a quarter-million voters.

The Trump administration has accused North Carolina’s election board of violating federal law by failing to ensure that registration records of some applicants contained identifying numbers ...

North Charleston voters elected new City Council members in a special election called after a corruption probe, but council ...