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See full feedNC General Assembly shakeup: Dems flip more than 20 seats, take control for first time in 16 years
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Democrats flipped more than 20 seats to win control of the North Carolina House for the first time in 16 years and broke the GOP's veto-proof majority in the Senate, reshaping the balance of power at the General Assembly. It's a blue tsunami that even caught Gov. Josh Stein by surprise. [...]
N.C. General Assembly Democrats Jonah Garson, Renée Price, Allen Buansi retain seats
Incumbent Sen. Garson (D-Caswell, Orange, Person) and Rep. Buansi (D-Orange) won 85.76 percent and 94.61 percent of the vote, respectively. Price ran unopposed.
Republicans' 15-year hold on NC General Assembly faces major test as Democrats eye House flip
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — North Carolina Democrats could flip enough seats Tuesday to take control of the House of Representatives and break the GOP supermajority in the Senate, according to NCFREE, a nonpartisan group that tracks legislative races. That would mark a major shift in Raleigh, where Republicans have controlled both chambers of the General [...]
Word on the Street: Why are locals voting?
North Carolina midterm elections are happening on Nov. 3. Early voting started on Oct. 15 and ended on Saturday.
How to vote in person in Orange County
Early voting in North Carolina started on Oct. 15 and will continue until Oct. 31. All voters will be able to cast a provisional ballot, even if they do not have a photo ID.
NC Gov. Stein petitions court to remove election board power from Auditor Boliek
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) -- With early voting underway and Election Day less than two weeks away, Gov. Josh Stein is taking his fight over control of North Carolina's election boards to the state's highest court. Stein filed a petition Wednesday asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to overturn a September ruling that upheld a law [...]
Groups push voter registration in NC as Election Day is less than 50 days away
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — With Election Day less than 50 days away, groups across North Carolina are making a push to get more people registered and ready to vote. Tuesday marked National Voter Registration Day, with registration drives taking place across the country ahead of the November election. At Wake Tech’s Northern campus in Raleigh, [...]
NC elections board injects parts of delayed rules into last-minute absentee ballot guidance for counties
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Mere hours before thousands of absentee ballots started going out in North Carolina, the State Board of Elections voted along party lines to change how counties handle problems when those ballots come back. The updated guidance, known as numbered memos, was not made publicly available until Friday morning. Some of the [...]
'Business as usual': Top elections official says all 100 counties are ready for mail absentee ballots
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — North Carolina's top elections official on Thursday said the state is prepared to start mailing absentee ballots on Friday, the first in the nation to do so. State Board of Elections Executive Director Sam Hayes said the board will finalize guidance for county boards at its meeting Friday, but that voters [...]
NC elections board delays absentee ballot guidance until same day ballots start going out
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The clock is ticking for North Carolina election officials to finalize absentee ballot guidance for counties just as a federal whistleblower is raising “grave concerns” about a new U.S. Postal Service system for mail-in ballots. The NC State Board of Elections delayed a decision Wednesday on updated absentee ballot guidance for [...]