Election

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles is a heavy favorite to win reelection this fall.

Charlotte Mayor Pro Tem Danté Anderson and several City Council members have not filed campaign finance reports in a year.

From how to read the polls to big moments yet to come for Vice President Harris and former President Donald Trump, here are five themes and questions to think about this fall.

Of the seven Council of State races in North Carolina in 2024, just two incumbents have declared that they will seek re-election.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled four years ago (in a North Carolina case) that it would not rule on partisan gerrymandering, saying that should be left to states. In North Carolina, that’s a dead end for Democrats, since the GOP has a 5-2 advantage on the North Carolina Supreme Court. The only recourse is to argue under the Voting Rights Act that the map is disenfranchising Black voters.

A group of Latino community members gathered Thursday outside the Hal Marshall Annex early voting site at noon as part of an effort to increase Latino voter turnout, displaying voter information and repeating “Latino, tu voto cuenta.”

More than 2,000 voters have registered as members of North Carolina’s newest political party. Some observers are questioning whether the voters might have signed up for the No Labels Party by accident.

Candidate filing for this year’s municipal elections has wrapped up, setting the stage for local contests that will determine who sits on the school board, the Charlotte City Council, the mayor’s chair and other town boards. A $2.5 billion bond issue for school construction will also be on the ballot, along with $1.5 billion for other county projects. And in the end, it’s likely that fewer than 1 in 5 voters will turn out in Mecklenburg County.

A new Mississippi law restricts who can help voters seeking assistance casting their ballots by mail. A federal judge ruled it limited access to the polls and was therefore not permitted.

North Carolina Attorney General and Democratic candidate for governor Josh Stein announced last week he has raised nearly $6 million, which his campaign called “record-breaking.” WFAE's Steve Harrison sat down with Stein last week in Greensboro. Here are excerpts from their conversation.