Official certification of federal primary results in NC delayed by ‘registration repair’

By: Lynn Bonner

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: March 25, 2026

Words: 503

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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Republican Michael Whatley and Democrat Roy Cooper cruised to easy victories in their respective U.S. Senate primaries, but the final certification of their wins is being held up because of a few ballots caught in the intricacies of North Carolina’s “registration repair” project.

The state Board of Elections is requiring voters who don’t have government number identifiers connected to their registrations to either supply them or attest to why they don’t have one. …

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