Sarah Michels

Decisions by state and local election boards in NC over early voting sites and handling of personnel issues face pushback over partisanship.

Throughout the two-hour Granville County Board of Elections meeting Wednesday afternoon in Oxford, attendees became increasingly agitated.

Early voting sites at UNCG and NC A&T are key issue for the Guilford County Board of Elections. Nonunanimous decision goes to State Board.

Poor working conditions, lack of support staff, lower salary than promised and doubts about ballot security drove Anson director to resign.

University of North Carolina-Greensboro and North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University students have never had an early voting site in a nonpresidential election year.

In her resignation letter, Anson County's election director cited a laundry list of issues, including broken salary and training promises, mistreatment and ballot security concerns. She was alone in the office, with no deputy director or staff to help.

First elections bill from Senate gets broad support. The second one draws a lot of pushback from Democrats over a range of provisions.

The North Carolina Legislature building in Raleigh. Sara Michels Carolina Public Press

With a few changes, the North Carolina Senate passed its version of this year's elections bill on Tuesday, a month after the state House passed theirs.

One of the NC election bills is fairly bipartisan. The other has only GOP support. Whether Gov. Stein will veto either one remains to be seen.