State Board of Elections weighing rules as absentee ballots set to go out

North Carolina Approves New Mail-In Ballot Policies Hours Before Sending Them Out

The board of election’s new policies would not affect the ballots that are being mailed out across the state, but will alter processing guidance for the board and its staff.

North Carolina begins 2026 voting with new mail ballot rules

First ballots go out despite Trump's push to restrict mail-in voting

Mail-in ballots were on their way to voters in North Carolina Friday, despite the Trump administration's emergency appeal to the Supreme Court to lift a block on changing ballots.

Hours before absentee ballots go out, North Carolina approves new restrictions

“It affects whether your ballot counts and that’s huge,” Board Member Siobhan Millen (D) said. “I think people do care, not just whether they sent a ballot in, but whether it ended up counting.”

North Carolina changes rules about mail-in ballot counting

North Carolina's State Board of Elections changed the rules for mail-in ballots Friday hours before they were set to be sent out.

North Carolina election officials change mail ballot rules hours before they were sent to voters

The new guidelines require officials to disqualify a ballot if the signature on the ballot doesn't match the name assigned to the application or return envelope, and they require officials to disqualify ballots if more than one is included in a return envelope.