Politics

TAR HEEL — Town commissioners are moving to lengthen the terms for the town’s elections.

RALEIGH — Legislators began debating a measure Wednesday that would move up mail-in absentee balloting deadlines, a shift that Republicans say would balance voting access with security and boosting public confidence in elections. The measure comes following a wave of numerous allegations nationwide about the 2020 elections but few certified…

ELIZABETHTOWN — More municipalities are expected to opt in for one-stop voting this fall, and one of them may add a liquor by the drink measure to the ballot.

RALEIGH — McCrae Dowless, accused of being the mastermind of an absentee ballot fraud operation in 2018, pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges.

ELIZABETHTOWN — Like Nov. 21, there was no change Friday in Bladen County for a state Supreme Court recount involving candidates Cheri Beasley and Paul Newby.

ELIZABETHTOWN — Bladen County’s Board of Elections isn’t done with the general election just yet.

ELIZABETHTOWN — Voter ID being required when visiting the polls isn’t back in place yet, but a federal appeals court has certainly sent it on the way.

RALEIGH — State Board of Election officials said late Monday night the recounts in the race for chief justice of the state Supreme Court are done.

ELIZABETHTOWN — Litigation may be coming in an election already certified by the state Board of Elections.