Latest reporting from the Elections desk.
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Early voting opened Thursday, Oct. 15, in the U.S. House District 8 race pitting Republican incumbent Mark Harris against Democratic challenger Colby Watson, with neither candidate responding to media questionnaires.
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Democrat Tobias "Toby" Hampson is running for re-election to North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Seat 2 in the Nov. 3 general election against Republican George Bell.
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Christine M. Walczyk, a Democratic district court judge in Wake County since 2007, is running for North Carolina Appeals Court Judge Seat 3 in the Nov. 3 general election against Republican Craig Collins.
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Early in-person voting in Union County begins Thursday, Oct. 15, and runs through Oct. 31 at nine locations, including three in the Waxhaws area; the ballot features a $200 million jail bond and three statewide constitutional amendments.
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North Carolina's General Assembly convenes Wednesday, Oct. 7, to vote on suspending the state's 41-cent gas tax, which could save drivers about 30 cents per gallon as regular gas tops $4 and diesel exceeds $6 statewide.
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Republican Michael Byrne, an administrative law judge since 2020, is running for North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge, Seat 1, in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election against Democrat John S. Arrowood.
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The Union County Sheriff's Office is investigating a swastika painted on a Waxhaw campaign sign belonging to Union County school board candidate Alexis Stadler, treating the case as ethnic intimidation under North Carolina law.
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A constitutional amendment on North Carolina's Tuesday, Nov. 3, ballot would expand the state constitution's photo ID requirement to cover all voters, including those voting by mail, locking into the constitution a rule that already exists in state law.
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A federal lawsuit challenges the North Carolina State Board of Elections' directive requiring county boards to spoil absentee ballots with unsealed inner envelopes, a rule that could affect Union County mail-in voters ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
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