Early voting for the Mecklenburg County primary election is underway. WFAE has created this FAQ to answer questions voters have ahead of Primary Election Day on Tuesday, Sept. 9, and the general election in November.

According to polling by non-partisan policy group Carolina Forward, Cooper has a 7-point lead over Republican Michael Whatley.

North Carolina is auditing its municipal elections by manually tallying votes to ensure the credibility of the results.

Voters will elect a mayor and council seats from Wards I, II, and III. The ward system means that the candidate must reside in the ward, but voters vote across all three. The at-large city council seats are not on the ballot this year.

Mid-decade redistricting this year has completely disrupted the race for control of the House, upending the long-held practice that states only redraw congressional district boundaries after the decennial census.

Political parties have become little more than money laundering machines. We need to limit the amount a political party can give a candidate.

A federal judge has approved a settlement in a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump’s Justice Department against North Carolina election officials

Per the settlement, affected voters who do not complete their registration by the election will have to cast provisional ballots — which can be disqualified if voters do not eventually provide additional information.

Vi Lyles advances to Charlotte's mayoral general election after winning a Democratic primary overshadowed by a Ukrainian refugee's murder on a light-rail train.

Voting fraud is a non-issue in North Carolina, he said.