2020 N.C. Election

Joe Biden won every precinct in the city of Charlotte except two in the November election. Donald Trump won only 14 precincts in all of Mecklenburg County.

The 2020 election was one like no other — the first in modern memory during a deadly pandemic. Election officials had to prepare for record-breaking turnout and adjust for social distancing and changes in how people would cast their ballot. WFAE looks at the numbers to see how much North Carolina’s recent election cost.

A spatial analysis of campaign finance data reveals a 2020 statehouse landscape awash in cash as Democrats tried new efforts to win seats ahead of redistricting.

North Carolina election officials knew there would be difficulties during the 2020 election, with the pandemic and a historic rise in absentee-by-mail voting. But new data show these obstacles didn’t lead to a higher rate of rejected mail ballots.

The North Carolina State Board of Elections certified the last statewide race of the 2020 election Friday. The board voted unanimously 5-0 to certify the results of the North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice race.

If not for the seriousness of the issue he is raising, Matthew Ridenhour might have had a good laugh at what he found on the Mecklenburg County voter registration list. One man's address, for instance, is listed as SouthPark Mall. Three other people said they live at the USPS Starmount location.

North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley conceded on Saturday to Republican Paul Newby in their extremely close election after two rounds of recounts saw little change in the vote margin between them.

Mecklenburg County’s Board of Elections completed its hand-to-eye recount in the North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice race Wednesday. Teams of elections staff and bipartisan observers reviewed about 2,100 ballots as part of a random sampling of 3% of the county’s voting precincts.

Something historic happened when the North Carolina State Board of Elections certified the state’s election results in late November: Board member Tommy Tucker voted against certification. It was the first time in recent history a member has dissented from a unanimous vote. Is it the start of injecting politics into what’s supposed to be a bipartisan, administrative task?

North Carolina’s race for Supreme Court Chief Justice is now heading for a hand recount. Democratic incumbent Cheri Beasley requested the recount hours after all 100 counties in North Carolina finished a machine recount.