Sunday voting is declining in North Carolina, with counties that had some Sunday hours during early voting for the 2022 midterm elections deciding to eliminate them this year. The state Board of Elections approved early voting plans for 80 counties where local boards voted unanimously on days and hours. Of those, about a dozen had […]
Last fall, Republicans on at least two county boards of elections in North Carolina received instructions on how to fire their executive directors. Instead of getting advice from the state elections director or legal staff at the state office that generally serves as a resource for county boards, they received the information from Dallas Woodhouse, […]
The NC Senate moved swiftly to pass two elections bills Tuesday that would alter many aspects of voting from registration to ballot counting. Republicans said the changes would enhance election security and improve election administration. House Bill 834 focused mostly on ballot counting and voters supplying missing signatures. It passed the Senate unanimously. Most of […]
The North Carolina Senate Elections Committee advanced a pair of election law bills Tuesday, drawing mixed reactions from voting rights advocates. The first bill, House Bill 834, received mostly praise, as it extends the period during which voters are able to cure problems on their ballots from three business days after the election to five […]
