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Did Your Ballot Arrive In Time? NC's Absentee Deadline Passes Amid Concerns About Slow Mail DeliveryCounty election boards across North Carolina meet Friday to canvass and certify their election results. In an election where more than one million North Carolinians voted by mail, the ability of the U.S. Postal Service to deliver mail ballots on time has been a huge concern.
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County boards of election are inching closer to certifying the results of the general elections, but first, at least one board has to address voter challenges.
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The Associated Press has not declared a winner in North Carolina’s presidential contest because a week after Election Day, the race between President-elect Joe Biden and President Donald Trump remains too early to call.
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This year, North Carolina election administrators, legislators and news organizations around the state have received calls from concerned and often confused voters who want to make sure their votes counted. Not seeing an updated voter history yet online is normal.
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Mark Robinson, a 52-year-old political newcomer and boisterous gun rights activist, will take office as North Carolina's lieutenant governor in January after defeating Democrat Yvonne Holley. He opposes the statewide mask mandate, doesn’t believe President Donald Trump has sowed chaos in the country and has published a barrage of divisive Facebook posts in recent years that are often critical of fellow Black people.
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The North Carolina State Board of Elections says roughly 22,000 absentee mail-in ballots have been returned since Election Day, but state officials say they’re still waiting for more than 94,000 ballots.
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In uptown Charlotte, drivers rolled down their windows to shout and honk their horns after Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election.
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The Mecklenburg County Board of Elections met Friday night to count the first batch of outstanding absentee by mail ballots. These ballots have until November 12 to arrive and be counted.
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Mecklenburg Elections Director Michael Dickerson said the county has received 5,000 mail ballots since Election Day. But that may not be enough to change the presidential or Senate race.
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Elections workers in North Carolina will continue counting through next week as mail-in ballots are received and they review provisional ballots.