Early voting for the Mecklenburg County primary election is underway. WFAE has created this FAQ to answer questions voters have ahead of Primary Election Day on Tuesday, Sept. 9, and the general election in November.

North Carolina is auditing its municipal elections by manually tallying votes to ensure the credibility of the results.

A federal judge has approved a settlement in a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump’s Justice Department against North Carolina election officials

Voting fraud is a non-issue in North Carolina, he said.

The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) announced on Tuesday that a federal court has entered a consent order over North Carolina’s failure to maintain an accurate voter list, in violation of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA).

On Monday, however, a three-judge panel issued a ruling in the legislature’s favor, writing that the plaintiffs failed to prove “beyond a reasonable doubt” that lawmakers enacted the amendments “with discriminatory intent” and also failed to prove that either amendment produces “a meaningful disparate impact along racial lines.”

North Carolina allegedly didn't require new voters to provide identification on a state form in violation of the Help America Vote Act.

Roughly 80,000 voters in North Carolina will not need to update their voter registration to vote in the next federal election after months of back and forth between the state Board of Elections, the U.