NC Republicans vote to stop mail-in ballots from being counted after Election Day Will Doran, The News & Observer © Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS An election judge process mail-in ballots on Election Day 2020..
RALEIGH, N.C. In the 2020 elections, North Carolina was one of the last states to finish counting its votes and declare the results in a handful of closely contested races, including president and U.S. Senate.
Now Republicans in the N.C. General Assembly want to stop similar situations from happening in the future, by requiring elections officials to stop collecting mail-in ballots after Election Day. That would be a significant change from the current law which for years has allowed a three-day grace period for mail-in ballots to arrive after the election and be counted, as long as they were postmarked on or before Election Day.
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Trump could shake up key Senate races with endorsements Bridget Bowman © Provided by Roll Call Former President Donald Trump, here at a 2019 rally in Montoursville, Pa., largely stayed out of GOP primaries in prior election cycles, but his approach may be changing.
Former President Donald Trump’s recent endorsement in the North Carolina Senate race is the latest sign that he is looking to influence primaries in competitive states, in a shift from recent election cycles.
During the 2018 and 2020 elections, Trump often supported Republican incumbents and the eventual GOP nominees in open races. But he rarely took sides in Senate primaries in targeted states. If the North Carolina race is any indication, that’s starting to change as Trump looks to wield his influence over the GOP now that he is out of office and no longer tethered to the party infrastructure.