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  • Taxes and voter ID: What North Carolina voters will decide on the ballot this year
  • Elections 101: Your guide to early voting in North Carolina
  • 9-7 election data dump: North Carolina’s election begins

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qcnews.com /3 weeks ago

Taxes and voter ID: What North Carolina voters will decide on the ballot this year

NORTH CAROLINA (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- While races for Senate and the US House are getting a lot of attention this election cycle, voters in North Carolina will also have the ability...

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wunc.org /1 week ago

Elections 101: Your guide to early voting in North Carolina

Early voting for the 2026 general election stretches from Thursday to 3 p.m. on Oct. 31.

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johnlocke.org /1 month ago

9-7 election data dump: North Carolina’s election begins

North Carolina’s election began on September 4, with county boards of elections distributing absentee ballots and accepting voted ballots online from military and overseas voters....

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ncnewsline.com /1 month ago

NC Appeals Court OKs auditor appointing elections board members

The General Assembly did not violate the constitution when it transferred Board of Elections appointments from the governor to the state auditor, a split Appeals Court panel decide...

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politicalwire.com /1 month ago

Roy Cooper Leads in the North Carolina Senate Race

A new ECU Poll poll in North Carolina finds Roy Cooper (D) leading Michael Whatley (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 52% to 44%. North Carolina Senate Race Roy Cooper (D) 52%   Michael...

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qcnews.com /19 hours ago

Unaffiliated voters' growing influence in North Carolina

Statewide, a massive chunk of the 1.2 million ballots that were cast came from unaffiliated voters, around 434,000 votes or 34 percent.

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ncnewsline.com /1 week ago

NC officials express confidence in election integrity as early voting begins

Early voting is off to a strong start for the 2026 midterms with more than 27,000 ballots cast before noon Thursday, the first day of early in-person voting, according to North Car...

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ncnewsline.com /1 month ago

North Carolina Muslim groups push voter registration ahead of November election

At a mosque in suburban Durham, Nigel Edwards set up a table with voter registration information and a QR code directing people to election resources. It was part of a push Friday...

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johnlocke.org /1 month ago

Fix North Carolina’s candidate withdrawal and absentee ballot deadline problems

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s fight to withdraw his name from the ballot in 2024 exposed the need to reform North Carolina’s candidate withdrawal and absentee ballot deadline laws. Two y...

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politicalwire.com /4 weeks ago

Roy Cooper Tops 50% in North Carolina Senate Race

A new Common Cause North Carolina/Opinion Diagnostics poll in North Carolina finds Roy Cooper (D) leading Michael Whatley (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 51% to 41%. North Carolina Se...

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qcnews.com /1 week ago

Why North Carolina is shifting Democratic

Democrats have the wind at their backs in North Carolina, particularly in the race for Senate, where former Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, is up against Republican political operativ...

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politicalwire.com /4 days ago

Roy Cooper Way Ahead in North Carolina Senate Race

A new Elon University Poll poll in North Carolina finds Roy Cooper (D) leading Michael Whatley (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 52% to 39%. North Carolina Senate Race Roy Cooper (D) 52...

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politicsnc.com /1 week ago

Noodling with numbers in North Carolina

A poll of unaffiliated voters gives a peek into what will likely happen in North Carolina.

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ncnewsline.com /1 month ago

NC candidate who wanted to use ‘Mortellus’ on the ballot says the state’s response is incomplete

North Carolina ballots must have candidates’ legal names or nicknames, and must include last names unless legally, the candidates have just one name, the state Board of Elections d...

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qcnews.com /1 week ago

Michael Whatley, Roy Cooper vote early, say they're not weighing results of previous polling data

Multiple polls have given Cooper, the former two-term North Carolina governor, at least a 10-point lead over Whatley, the former chair of the RNC.

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ncnewsline.com /1 week ago

NC elections board to notify 1,392 voters flagged as potential noncitizens

The North Carolina State Board of Elections will begin sending letters this week to 1,392 registered voters flagged by the federal SAVE database as potential noncitizens.  The lett...

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ncnewsline.com /2 weeks ago

As early in-person voting approaches, North Carolina election officials seek to ease fears

Beaufort County Board of Elections Director Kellie Hopkins has been involved in North Carolina elections for 28 years. She’s learned firsthand that you can’t procrastinate. “Electi...

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ncnewsline.com /1 month ago

Former NC Gov. Pat McCrory works to overcome public suspicion of election results

Voters should be assured of the safeguards that produce accurate election results and of the professionalism of those responsible for correct counts, said former Republican Gov. Pa...

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qcnews.com /6 days ago

Early voting surges in NC as Democrats lead turnout, fundraising in key races

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — More than 200,000 North Carolinians cast their ballots on the first day of early voting Thursday, as new campaign finance reports show Democrats outraising R...

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johnlocke.org /3 days ago

North Carolina is middling on election integrity assessment

With the 2026 election underway, it is a good time to assess North Carolina’s election integrity standards and how we can improve them. One way to do that is to see how North Carol...

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johnlocke.org /3 weeks ago

9-28 election data dump: Will Democrats reemerge as North Carolina’s largest party?

It is 36 days until election day on November 3. Here are some relevant upcoming dates from the North Carolina State Board of Elections: Absentee voting remains off 2026 pace As see...

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politicalwire.com /1 week ago

Roy Cooper Way Up in North Carolina Senate Race

A new WRAL/WSOC poll in North Carolina finds Roy Cooper (D) leading Michael Whatley (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 54% to 40%. North Carolina Senate Race Roy Cooper (D) 54%   Michael...

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qcnews.com /2 weeks ago

NC voter registration deadline is Friday: Here's what the numbers show

NORTH CAROLINA (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- North Carolina's deadline to register to vote in the November midterm general election is 5 p.m. on Friday. According to the NC State Board of E...

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qcnews.com /1 month ago

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 count...

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