The judge’s order prohibits the state elections board from enforcing a July 1 candidate filing deadline to keep the Green Party’s Senate nominee, Matthew Hoh, off the ballot.
After an investigation into fraud and irregularities in signatures, the State Board of Elections has voted to recognize the North Carolina Green Party as an official political party in the state.
Earlier this year, a state superior court found that denying voting rights to people serving their felony sentences outside of jail or prison violates the state constitution.
The New Bern runoff election is taking place Tuesday, July 26th, and there are several seats up for grabs. Polls are open from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m.
The Green Party is suing the State Board of Elections due to the State Board voting not to recognize the party as official in North Carolina because of its ongoing investigation into fraudulent signatures.
The runoff mayoral race between former New Bern Police Chief Toussaint Summers and Alderman Jeffery Odham has drawn the most attention, but there are also several city alderman seats still vacant.
New Bern Alderman Jeffery Odham called for a runoff in the New Bern mayoral race after losing to former city police chief Toussaint Summers by just four votes.
Scott Hammonds beat out incumbent Ernie Coleman as the Republican candidate for Beaufort County sheriff. He will face off against Democratic candidate Corey Rogerson in November.
Partisan primary races with more than two people running require candidates to win more than 30% of votes in their race to secure their party’s nomination for the general election.
The Pitt County Board of Elections says that as of 4:00 p.m., there have been 17,339 voters. That’s more than the 15,368 voters there were as of 4:00 p.m. on Election Day in 2018.
Early in-person voting will end Saturday at 3:00 p.m. It will also be the last opportunity for people to register to vote for the primary election, which is on May 17th.
A state appeals panel has delayed through the primary elections a lower court ruling that had ordered officials to immediately allow felony offenders still on probation or parole to vote.
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson endorses Ted Budd for next month’s U.S. Senate Republican primary in a new commercial in which he also criticizes ex-Gov. Pat McCrory.
North Carolina Republican Senate candidates Ted Budd and Pat McCrory remained neck-and-neck with their campaigns’ own fundraising entering the final weeks before the May 17 primary.
The North Carolina attorney general’s office has asked the State Bureau of Investigations to look into former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows’ voter registration in North Carolina.
Jullian Bishop, raised in Red Oak, filed with the North Carolina State Board of Elections Friday for the U.S. House of Representatives seat in District 1.
McCrory called himself best-suited to represent the state during “serious times” at home and abroad. He was elected governor in 2012 and served one term.
