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.
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 me…
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 me…
The new guidelines require officials to disqualify a ballot if the signature on the ballot doesn't match the name assigned to the application or return envelope, and they require officials to disqualify ballots if more than one is included in a return envelope.
By Amy O’Kruk, Rhyannon Bartlett-Imadegawa, CNN (CNN) — Mail-in voting in the 2026 midterm elections officially begins Friday in North Carolina, even as the rules governing those votes remain uncertain amid an ongoing legal fight.
North Carolina is set to begin mailing general election absentee ballots on Friday, even as the Trump administration has moved to restrict voting by mail. The administration is appealing a federal judge’s ruling that stops is from moving forward with voting restrictions established by executive orde…
North Carolina will begin sending out mail-in ballots on Friday, even as the US Supreme Court weighs whether to intervene in a legal fight that could help determine control of Congress after the November election.
State decides to proceed hours after Trump administration asks supreme court to let it carry out proposed crackdown North Carolina became the first state to start sending out mail-in ballots for November’s US midterm elections on Friday, as Donald Trump’s administration fights to impose sweeping res…
North Carolina on Friday became the first state authorised to begin sending out ballots, formally launching the 2026 US midterms as President Donald Trump’s administration fights to impose sweeping restrictions on the practice.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections approved new guidelines Friday regarding mail-in ballots, hours before those same ballots were sent to voters. The new guideline pertains to the standards the board will be using to decide whether to count a mail-in ballot — including requiring officials t…
While the Trump administration's bid to overhaul mail-in voting remains blocked by the lower courts, North Carolina will be the first state to send ballots on Friday.
North Carolina began sending mail ballots to voters early today, the first state to forge ahead with its standard vote-by-mail program as the Trump administration escalates its efforts to restrict the practice.
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.
The board of election’s new policies would not affect the ballots that are being mailed out across the state, but will alter processing guidance for the board and its staff.
The GOP-majority North Carolina Board of Elections approved stricter rules for mail-in ballots Friday, just hours before the state became the first in the country to begin sending ballots for the midterm elections.
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