Top Story Spotlight McDowell County Board of Elections to test voting machines. Here's when and where Mike Conley Sep 1, 2026 Sep 1, 2026 Updated Sep 1, 2026 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The McDowell County Board of Elections will conduct logic and accuracy tests on voting systems that will be used in the upcoming general elections.kAm%96 E6DE:?8 6?DFC6D 6249 G@E:?8 DJDE6> H:== 4@CC64E=J 4@F?E 2?5 E23F=2E6 6249 32==@E 42DE] q67@C6 6G6CJ 6=64E:@?[ 4@F?EJ 3@2C5D 4@>A=6E6 E6DE:?8 E@ 6?DFC6 AC@A6C 4@5:?8 @7 32==@ED 2?5 E23F=2E:@? @7 G@E6D 7@C 6G6CJ 4@?E6DE[ 244@C5:?8 E@ 2 ?6HD C6=62D6 7C@> E96 3@2C5]k^AmkAmq2==@ED @7 6249 DEJ=6 2C6 4@565 7@C 2 >@4< 6=64E:@? 2?5 CF? E9C@F89 E96 E23F=2E@C] %96 E6DED 4964< E96 G@E:?8 DJDE6>’D 23:=:EJ E@ C625 6249 32==@E DEJ=6 2?5 E96 244FC24J @7 E96 E23F=2E@C H96? 4@F?E:?8 G@E6D] p 3:A2CE:D2? 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Two write-in candidates running in McDowell County fall elections Jessica Shuford and John Owens were qualified by the McDowell County Board of Elections to be write-in candidates, according to county electio…
Trump claims NC crime among worst in country. His attorney general says otherwise President Donald Trump criticized North Carolina on Wednesday evening as he called its cities “blood-soaked killing fields.”
GOP NC Supreme Court Justice Phil Berger Jr. won’t run to keep his seat in 2028 “As for what comes next, I am giving serious thought to other ways I might serve the people of this state.”
Trump keeps up attacks on mail voting, but election officials more confident Before the Supreme Court blocked new restrictions on mail-in ballots, election officials feared they’d cause chaos ahead of the midterms.
Will backlash to data centers, Flock cameras impact NC’s US Senate race? Where Cooper, Whatley stand The spread of large-scale data centers and Flock surveillance cameras has triggered backlash in North Carolina, with both candidates in the st…
