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In preperation for the upcoming elections, the first that will require valid photo identification to vote, the Wake County Board of Elections hosted an event that helped potential voters get a valid photo ID to bring to their polling place.
Local elections boards in all 100 counties in North Carolina took their oaths of office Tuesday, bringing a lot of new faces to boards around the state at a time when election officials are under intense scrutiny from voters who have lost faith in the electoral process.
Almost every North Carolina county has at least one new elections board member this year, according to data from the North Carolina Board of Elections. That's in keeping with a national exodus of local elections officials and workers since the 2020 election.
Laura Leslie, WRAL capitol bureau chief
Shannon Fisher's original design will be featured in the 2024 elections at early voting polling places throughout Wake County.
WRAL Staff
Wake County students can enter their submissions from now until 5 p.m. on May 31.
Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer
A chief judge at one of the county's precincts was returning to the main board of elections office with the ballots and tabulator containing the day's results when they noticed a strange car following them all the way there, and even pulling over near the office.
A 2013 law and the subsequent legal dispute over it resulted in a judge's temporary order that shortened school board members' terms to two years.
Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter
A precinct judge was escorted out of a Wake County voting site after he refused to wear a face mask. Election officials said he was told multiple times to wear a mask and become confrontational with his fellow workers.
On Tuesday, Wake County parents could get clarity on what the COVID-19 protocol will be when traditional schools start in six days.
The Wake County Board of Elections met on Thursday to finish reviewing late-arriving absentee ballots and provisional ballots so local election results can be certified on Friday.
A week after Election Day, officials across North Carolina continue the process of counting votes, focusing on provisional ballots cast at the polls a week ago and absentee ballots received after Election Day.
A week after Election Day, officials across North Carolina continue the process of counting votes, focusing on provisional ballots cast at the polls a week ago and absentee ballots received in the days since.
Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief
The Wake County Board of Elections debates whether to accept absentee ballots that arrived after Election Day.
As the battleground states keep tallying votes, what does the ballot-counting process look like in North Carolina?
A few dozen supporters of President Donald Trump were on the steps of the State Board of Elections office for about an hour on Thursday. They gathered for what organizers said was a stand for the integrity of the electoral process.
Keely Arthur, WRAL reporter
Protesters gathered at the Wake County Board of Elections on Thursday to demand that election officials follow the vote count process correctly. Election officials have said that's exactly what they are doing.
U-Haul trucks with ballot boxes have arrived at the Wake County Board of Elections, where they will be counted. There has been a long wait for many of those ballots to be added to the state's overall totals, Bryan Mims reports.
The demands of the approaching U.S. presidential race may not be enough to spare county elections boards from broader budget cuts prompted by the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Tyler Dukes, WRAL investigative reporter
The Wake County Board of Elections opened Saturday so voters can make sure their registration is up to date. The voter registration deadline is Feb. 7.
A former Wake County elections precinct worker was sentenced Friday to two months in prison for helping a Mexican citizen register to vote in the 2016 election.
Elections officials statewide spent Thursday going through provisional ballots and absentee ballots that came in after Election Day as counties prepare to certify election results on Friday.
Wake County Elections Director Gary Sims discusses problems with vote-counting machines at some precincts.
A Wake County School Board committee is expected on Monday to take up the issue of the number of school nurses and counselors available to each student and what schools can do to better improve that ratio.
Adam Owens, WRAL reporter
Republicans and Democrats on the Wake County Board of Elections fight over an N.C. State voting site. Without a unanimous plan, the issue goes before the state board.
Travis Fain & Sarah Krueger, WRAL reporters
