Kim Strach, who has led the North Carolina Board of Elections since 2013, was dismissed by the board Monday. She will be replaced by Karen Brinson Bell. The vote was split along party lines, with the ...

Over the past decade, a public investigation by the State Board of Elections has been the first stop on the way to bigger problems for a number of political figures. Trips to enter pleas before Wake ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. If there ever was a moment not to replace an elections director because of party, it ...

Democrats on the State Board of Elections voted in a conference call Monday to replace the state elections director, pushing the decision through as fire alarms blared and forced the evacuation of the ...

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Editorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters. By the Charlotte Observer editorial board Kim ...