Elections/Politics

As of Friday, Jan. 19, North Carolina’s 100 county boards of elections began sending absentee-by-mail ballots to registered voters who requested a ballot for...

By Peter Vankevich Results of yesterday’s elections surprised many veteran pollsters and pundits. Despite some predictions of a national red tide of votes, control of...

By Peter Vankevich Following a trend throughout the country, Ocracoke had a high early-voting turnout with 173 ballots cast in last week’s two-day early voting. According...

Ocracoke Observer staff report The Nov. 6 mid-term election will be here soon, but early voting begins this week from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m....

While it's not exactly just around the corner, the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 8 will be here soon enough. The Ocracoke Observer will post...

Candidate filing for the 2022 statewide primary and rescheduled municipal elections resumed at 8 a.m. Feb. 24, and will end at noon on March...

By Peter Vankevich As the dust has cleared and with only one state-wide recount underway, North Carolina had a record voting turnout with 5.54 million...

By Peter Vankevich The country has just learned at noon today that Democrat Joe Biden has captured the presidency of the United States. Yesterday, the...

By Peter Vankevich While the country awaits the results of the presidential election, here’s a look at some of the local and still unofficial voting...

By Peter Vankevich To catch up on Ocracoke news and much more, click here Living up to expectations as the election of the century, national voter...