The NC Board of Elections on March 25, 2026 puts off certification of election results for U.S. Senate and some U.S. House primaries because votes from 16 "registration repair" ballots must be added. (Photo: Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline)
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.
But even those voters who don’t supply those numbers for some reason should have their votes counted in federal elections. It’s state and local elections where their votes don’t count.
A total of 16 ballots spread over 10 counties should have been partially counted for U.S. Senate and U.S. House primaries rather than discarded entirely, state Elections Director Sam Hayes told the board Wednesday. Certification of six congressional district primary results are delayed, according to a press release.
The 16 votes won’t make a difference in the outcomes, but the count needs to be accurate. Those 10 counties will need to go back to correct their numbers. The board will take up certification of federal primaries at its next meeting, Hayes said.
“We need to get counts correct and properly authenticated,” said board Vice Chairman Stacy “Four” Eggers IV.
Rockingham Sheriff Sam Page’s victory over Senate leader Phil Berger was certified, with state board members heaping praise on Rockingham and Guilford County elections directors and boards.
Those county boards spent hours in the spotlight as they recounted votes, did partial hand counts and considered Berger’s election protests. Berger conceded Tuesday.
“They went into overtime on that election, of course, but it was handled professionally. It was handled according to the law, the way you would expect it to be handled,” Hayes said.
Statewide primary turnout was at about 19.7%, with early voting up 25% from the last midterm primary of 2022.
The board decided to remind county elections board members to avoid making political statements and to be careful of their social media posts after considering complaints about Jackson County Chairman Bill Thompson. Thompson allegedly made comments that were “ethnically, religiously, and culturally inappropriate or insensitive,” general counsel Tim Hoegemeyer said.
Two poll workers complained that Thompson, apparently talking about Germany and World War II, said he liked Germany but never trusted Germans. The poll workers reported that Thompson said, “I would not go to Germany now because of the Islamic invasion. They are everywhere.”
The board voted 4-1 not to move to an evidentiary hearing on the complaint.
“Although Mr. Thompson should have picked his words better, I don’t see anything that would be a violation of election law,” Eggers said.
Board member Jeff Carmon cast the dissenting vote.
“When you have an individual making those types of remarks, it’s not only offensive, it’s inappropriate,” Carmon said. “A chairman should not be making those statements.”
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