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DRAUGHON DRAWS: NCGOP loses count of unaffiliated voters

Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026-- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist

Fact-check: Is Charlie Kirk's shooting suspect a registered Republican who donated to Trump?

As soon as officials announced the name of the alleged assassin of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, internet theories about the suspect's background and motives quickly outpaced confirmed facts.

Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman and Maria Ramirez Uribe

NC elections officials approve new guidance for voters with mismatched registration information

Newly proposed guidance is expected to focus on the ballots of about 98,000 voters whose identifying registration information doesn't match state or federal records. Under the proposal, they would be allowed to vote using a standard ballot.

Jack Hagel, WRAL News

NC elections officials reach settlement with DOJ in voter registration lawsuit

Under a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, state election officials would instruct county officials to count provisional ballots in federal elections cast by voters with missing information such as driver's license numbers. A judge still needs to approve the agreement.

WRAL News staff

NC lawmakers delay vote on criminalizing voter registration drives

Republican state House leaders Monday evening delayed a hearing on a bill that would make it a misdemeanor to hold voter registration drives in North Carolina. The move came as opponents organized a protest and as election law experts questioned whether it would conflict with federal law.

Laura Leslie, WRAL capitol bureau chief

Fact check: Is the new Pope registered to vote as a Republican?

Pope Leo XIV is "a registered Republican who has voted in Republican primaries when not living abroad," conservative influencer Charlie Kirk wrote May 8 on X.

Grace Abels and Amy Sherman, PolitiFact reporters

Fact check: Would SAVE Act disqualify voters who have changed their names?

Congressional Republicans are pushing to pass a bill that would require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote. The move worries voting rights advocates who say it would hinder registration among people who have changed their names.

Caleb McCullough, PolitiFact reporter

Republican proposal would ban voter registration drives in NC

A bill filed this week in the North Carolina House would make it a crime for voter registration drives to hand out actual voter registration forms. Backers say it's meant to protect voters' information. Voting rights groups say it's an effort to restrict access to the ballot.

Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol bureau chief

GUNTHER PECK & ABDEL SHEHATA: Youth voters under assault in the Jefferson Griffin challenge

Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024 -- College students in North Carolina had a harder time than ever casting their ballots in 2024 because of new photo ID requirements as well as ongoing flaws in our voter registration system that disproportionately penalize first time voters.

Election 2024: Voter registration ends Friday, but you get another chance in early voting. What to know

Friday, Oct. 11, at 5 p.m. marks the deadline for North Carolina voters to register to vote in the upcoming election or to make changes to your registration if you've moved.

Laura Leslie and Will Doran, WRAL News

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Whose votes count? It depends

Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

GOP voter registration sees upswing in rural counties across NC

The Republican Party has increased voter registration in rural counties, while Democrats have maintained their hold on urban areas.

Republican voter registrations show growth in rural NC counties around Raleigh

The Republican Party has increased voter registration in rural counties, while Democrats have maintained their hold on urban areas.

Ashley Rowe, WRAL anchor/reporter

'Consulate on Wheels' returns to Wayne County in August to help Mexican citizens get identification documents

Wayne Community College will host the Mexican "Consulate on Wheels" in August to help Mexican citizens get identification documents.

WRAL staff

How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending July 4

A look at how North Carolina members of Congress voted during the previous week.

Targeted News Service

Friday is voter registration deadline, how to still register if you miss it

Friday is the deadline to get your voter registration in the mail for the upcoming primary election. But if you miss this one, you have one more option to be able to cast your ballot!

NC same-day voter registration lawsuit hits impasse

The fate of the state's new law governing same-day registration is back in the hands of a federal judge after the parties involved failed to reach a compromise this week.

Laura Leslie, WRAL capitol bureau chief

How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending Nov. 2

A look at how North Carolina members of Congress voted during the previous week.

Targeted News Service

Final day to register to vote for next month's elections across NC

If you plan on voting in next month's elections, Friday is your last day to register. Municipal elections are scheduled for Nov. 7.

NC Republicans downplay Trump attorney's role in election law changes

Senate leader Phil Berger said Cleta Mitchell, one of then-President Donald Trump's main attorneys during the 2020 election, "has had no role in the crafting of this legislation."

Will Doran, WRAL state government reporter

With new majority, NC Supreme Court re-considers voter ID law

The Republican-majority North Carolina Supreme Court is re-hearing a case decided in December in which the court's previous 4-member Democrat majority ruled the state voter ID law was discriminatory and invalid.

Editorial: Deniers are silent as election workers toil to assure honest vote

Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023 -- On Jan. 8, 2023 N.C. listed 7,413,909 voters on registration rolls. Eight weeks later, there are 7,219,097 voters listed. What happened to those 200,000 voters? Why aren't the election deniers up in arms? Why aren't our legislative leaders, who have been quick with criticism of state election administrators, offering up outrage? There's a very good reason.

As fraud investigation continues, Green Party sues to get on NC ballots

State Board of Elections officials say they suspect fraud related to the Green Party's petition to get on the North Carolina ballots, and that key witnesses won't cooperate.

Travis Fain, WRAL state government reporter

Former NC congressman, chief of staff to Trump removed from state voter rolls

Former U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows was removed from the voter rolls by local elections officials after a review showed Meadows voted in a Virginia in 2021. The State Board of Elections confirmed state law calls for his registration to be removed.

Bryan Anderson, WRAL state government reporter

Unaffiliated voters overtake Democrats, now largest voting bloc in North Carolina

Democrats have seen their share of the electorate decline in the past two decades, while the Republican electorate has remained relatively flat

Bryan Anderson, WRAL state government reporter