Chairs for members of the N.C. State Board of Election remain empty during a teleconference meeting announcing the appointment of the new executive director Karen Brinson Bell, replacing Kim ...

Using new powers granted by the General Assembly, State Auditor Dave Boliek appointed new members to North Carolina’s powerful State Board of Elections ... unprecedented power shift a “hostile ...

The Luzerne County Government Study Commission began drafting a plan Thursday to give personnel and budget powers to the ...

Members of the Luzerne County Government Study Commission are looking at a new proposal that would give county council the ...

Last week, a trial court ruled that Republican state lawmakers violated the constitution when they tried taking control of the elections board away ... efforts to shift power over elections ...

Wednesday’s ruling, however, blocked last month’s earlier lower court ruling, paving the way for Republicans to take over the state’s election board and complete its power grab. Boliek is ...

Brinson Bell’s ousting comes following the passage of a December 2024 law that stripped the governor’s powers in appointing election board members, granting the power instead to the state auditor.

The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Wednesday cleared the way for a law stripping election oversight power away from Democratic Gov. Josh Stein to go into effect, reversing the order of a lower ...

The board's duties include carrying out campaign finance laws, certifying election results, and setting rules on a host of voting administration details. Democrats say the laws are a GOP power ...