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In Rural Hall, two current councilmembers, Terry Bennett and Susan Gordon, are seeking the mayor’s seat after incumbent Tim Flinchum opted not to run for re-election.

North Carolina's voter photo identification law, enacted nearly five years ago by the Republican-controlled legislature but blocked by litigation, is just now getting implemented with local elections that wrap up next week.

Fall elections in hundreds of North Carolina municipalities are picking up as early in-person voting begins for mayoral races and city council seats.

North Carolina Republicans enacted vote-count restrictions and weakened the governor's ability to oversee elections and other state regulatory bodies on Tuesday by overriding Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes. Lawsuits attempting to block the new laws are likely as the 2024 elections approach.

The North Carolina Senate approved on Wednesday a pair of election and voting-related bills that include the latest attempts by Republicans to enact legislation that Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed in past years and to remove his control over the State Board of Elections.

The North Carolina State Board of Elections has voted to remove two Republican members of the Surry County Board of Elections. At a hearing Tuesday at the…

North Carolina's Rules Review Commission has rejected two temporary rule changes recommended last week by the state Board of Elections that would have…

In the last few weeks, state elections officials say they have seen an uptick in harassing or threatening messages. Patrick Gannon with the North Carolina…

The North Carolina State Board of Elections denied Thursday a Republican Party request that the board authorize county elections officials to scrutinize…

Two Latino candidates, one Democrat and one Republican, are running for a position on the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Board of Education, and…