N.C. General Assembly puts controversial voter ID amendment on November ballot
Alongside the races for state and national offices, North Carolina voters will find six proposed state constitutional amendments on the ballot in November.
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Alongside the races for state and national offices, North Carolina voters will find six proposed state constitutional amendments on the ballot in November.
U.S. House of Representatives District 04: Democratic Candidate
Early voting for primary elections in North Carolina kicked off Thursday in cities all over the state. With the semester coming to a close, many UNC students will go home to places like Charlotte, Raleigh and Wilmington and participate in local elections to choose candidates for the general election in November of this year.
Early voting for the Orange County primary election opens this Saturday for registered Democrat, Libertarian and Unaffiliated voters. Early voting will last until Saturday, May 5, and the regular Primary Election Day is May 8.
As voters get ready to head to the primary polls in May, here are some interesting storylines previewing the 2018 North Carolina midterm elections:
As Orange County prepares for primary elections on May 8, the Orange County Board of Elections launched its voter-education campaign this week.
As primaries for the 2018 midterm elections approach, a number of new challengers to North Carolina incumbents are set to emerge on the local and national level. Candidates must file with the North Carolina Board of Elections for the U.S. House of Representatives, North Carolina state legislature and county offices beginning next Monday and ending Feb. 28.
As Elizabeth Adkins’ year in office approaches its conclusion, a new student government election cycle, bolstered by rules changes and new regulations, will begin here in Chapel Hill.
Partisan primaries, school budgets and GenX were up for discussion. With the 2018 session well underway, here’s what you might have missed from last week in the North Carolina General Assembly:
The wave of Democratic support that hit recent elections in Virginia and Alabama may impact North Carolina similarly in the 2018 midterms.
Orange County Elections Director Tracy Reams announced her retirement effective Jan. 31, 2018. Reams has been the Orange County Elections Director since January 2008. Staff writer Mattias Miller talked to her about the role she played as Elections Director and her aspirations after her retirement.
Some municipal elections in Robeson County, N.C. had no candidates on the Nov. 7 ballot.
Last week, Democrat Ralph Northam defeated Republican Ed Gillespie in the highly publicized Virginia gubernatorial race — an important victory for Democrats heading into the 2018 midterm elections.
The investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia saw its first indictments last week, and unsealed documents revealed another member of the team pleaded guilty to charges of lying to the FBI in early October.
Early voter turnout in Wake County’s Oct. 10 municipal elections was 10,143. This is up from 3,047 in 2015, according to Wake County Board of Elections' records.
Editor's note: The Daily Tar Heel will be publishing a separate voter guide for Orange County elections.
Four Democrats in North Carolina's second congressional district plan to challenge incumbent Republican candidate U.S. Rep. George Holding, R-N.C. in November 2018 as a part of a larger national trend in response to President Donald Trump's election.
Early voting for local elections in Orange County starts Oct. 19 at the Orange County Board of Elections office and on Oct. 23 at the Carrboro Town Hall, Seymour Senior Center, and Chapel of the Cross. Early voting will end on Nov. 4 and Election day is Nov. 7.
Clarification: The graphic represents candidates’ total expenditures, as recorded on their final reports for the Orange County Board of Elections. Expenditures, per North Carolina law, include gifts, payments, donations, in-kind contributions and loan repayments. Candidates whose total expenditures include loan repayments are: Michael Parker, Paul Neebe, Nancy Oates and David Schwartz.The graphic has been updated to clarify this distinction.
As the U.S. Senate begins investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election, one North Carolina Republican will be at the center of the probe.