Elections

Getting Black voters to cast ballots in November is critical for Democrats hoping to turn the state blue in this year’s presidential race. Mecklenburg County has the highest number of registered Black voters in North Carolina. The county’s voter turnout is also lower than the rest of the state. The hope is a ticket with Vice President Kamala Harris at the top will reinvigorate Black voters who have been sitting out past elections.

I learned something from my colleague Steve Harrison last week: Partisan school board elections are more common in North Carolina than partisan city council races. Based on my experience in Mecklenburg County I had assumed the opposite was true.

Charlotte's Metropolitan Transit Commission has not voted against staff at the Charlotte Area Transit System — ever, as far as we can tell.

More than 2.1 million North Carolinians have already cast votes ahead of Tuesday's midterm elections. That's about 4% higher than at this point in 2018, according to data released Sunday.

The 2022 midterm election is still weeks away, but more than 22,550 North Carolina voters have already mailed or turned in absentee ballots to their local election offices.

Elections workers are helping older and disabled residents request and fill out absentee ballots ahead of the November election in North Carolina.

Voting officials, who used to operate in relative anonymity, are facing threats and intense pressure as a large chunk of American voters have no confidence the system is fair.

In the race for Matthews mayor, incumbent Paul Bailey and town Commissioner John Higdon will move on to next month’s general election. They were the top…

Updated at 5:30 p.m. RALEIGH — North Carolina's elections board indicated Tuesday that it could certify suppliers of new voting machines this week while…

The Department of Homeland Security said it will analyze the laptops used by Durham County elections officials during the November 2016 election to…