Election coverage, campaigns, and results
With just over a month until early in-person voting begins on Oct. 15, North Carolinians are squarely focused on pocketbook issues. According to a new Elon University poll released Thursday, 86% of registered voters surveyed said inflation and the cost of living are “very important” issues, with 73% describing the general economy and healthcare as […]
WASHINGTON — Latino advocacy groups and voting rights organizations Thursday filed a suit in federal court challenging the Trump administration’s policy of allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to enter polling locations in certain circumstances to conduct immigration enforcement during the 2026 midterm elections. The suit in the District Court for the District of […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump headlined the first night of the first Republican midterm convention Wednesday, seeking to rally his base ahead of the November elections and dangling a “Trump dividend” to voters if his party retains control of both congressional chambers. While the Republican National Committee’s two-day event — dubbed a “Trump-a-palooza” by party […]
The Democratic-led states and voting rights groups suing to block enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict mail-in voting warned in briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday the policy would have disastrous consequences for the upcoming midterm elections if it is allowed to move forward. Less than two months before the […]
President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with Canada is creating headaches for Republicans ahead of November’s midterms as high prices remain a top concern among voters. Responding to Trump’s increased tariffs, Canadian officials have said they’re deliberately targeting goods from states where there are close elections. And GOP candidates in Kansas, Maine and Ohio among […]
Voters should be assured of the safeguards that produce accurate election results and of the professionalism of those responsible for correct counts, said former Republican Gov. Pat McCrory. To that end, McCrory, who is the North Carolina leader of a group called RightCount, invited reporters on his tour of the inner workings of the Wake […]
The hotly contested U.S. Postal Service rule restricting mail-in voting usurps Congress’ authority, as well as states’ power to administer elections, more than 250 current and former members of Congress said in a filing to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. All 47 members of the U.S. Senate Democratic Caucus, 199 current House Democrats and […]
Two North Carolina groups are launching a campaign against two tax-related constitutional amendments on the November ballot, touting plans to knock on 500,000 doors and collect 100,000 pledges from voters to oppose the measures. Down Home North Carolina and the Carolina Federation, two progressive organizing groups focused on working-class voters, announced the “Fund the […]
The Assembly's voter guide gives you the information you need to know heading to the polls this primary season.
A new directive to North Carolina county boards of election puts more ballots in jeopardy of being discarded, though voters will have the chance to fill out another. Absentee ballots that arrive in the wrong envelope, or that arrive unsealed in the correct envelope, will no longer automatically count but will be rejected and new […]
Despite the tangle of federal court rulings concerning U.S. Postal Service control of absentee ballot delivery, North Carolina Elections Director Sam Hayes said Thursday that counties are ready to start mailing ballots to people who request them on Friday as scheduled. “All 100 county boards of elections are prepared to start that process, and North […]
The State Board of Elections has closed an investigation into complaints that a member of the Cumberland County Board of Elections made an illegal campaign contribution in 2022 and another member failed to report it. The complaint was filed in March by longtime North Carolina campaign finance watchdog Bob Hall, who on Thursday shared the […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said earlier this year he’d “do anything necessary to make sure we have honest elections” this fall, declining to rule out sending the National Guard or federal law enforcement officers to polling locations throughout the country. Those comments came a few months after Trump casually and briefly mentioned canceling the […]
President Donald Trump’s executive order placing new restrictions on mail-in voting would assign state officials a Herculean task to reach compliance before the crucial midterm elections. The order directed the U.S. Postal Service to strictly regulate the envelope design of mail-in ballots and to collect voter data from each state through an online portal, among […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House approved a short-term government funding bill Tuesday that would avoid a shutdown this fall once President Donald Trump signs it. The 370-48 vote showed neither Republicans nor Democrats want a repeat of the funding lapse that took place last year when disagreement over enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits led […]
The U.S. Postal Service rushed the development of electronic tools to comply with a Trump administration policy placing new restrictions on mail-in voting, and defied a court order to stop work on the system, according to an explosive whistleblower complaint published Tuesday by Democratic U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal. The unnamed whistleblower predicted the result could […]
Enough people objected to new state election rules governing photo identification, conduct at the polls, recounts and absentee voting to delay them until after the midterm elections. The Rules Review Commission unanimously approved a slate of Board of Elections rules last week, but at least 10 people wrote opposition letters for each one. Those objections […]
When it comes to understanding and assessing the never-ending barrage of new state voting rules and election law changes that North Carolina Republicans continue to advance, it would be one thing if the proposals came from a group of proud and honorable sticklers for detail. In other words, yes, repeated efforts to make voting by […]
A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday declined the Trump administration’s request to overturn the temporary restraining order she signed last week that blocks the U.S. Postal Service from carrying out a rule placing new restrictions on mail-in voting. The 14-day order published Aug. 27 was not appealable, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani wrote in a brief order […]
Every political candidate likes to believe they’re a winner, and Laurie Buckhout is no different. But the Republican nominee for North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District took things a little too far when she placed a bet on herself on the prediction market Kalshi to win November’s midterm election. Buckhout is in a rematch with incumbent […]