The North Carolina State Board of Elections' top administrator asked a powerful legislator on Thursday to retract a comment that he made suggesting this month's results were being manipulated, saying it could lead to threats against local election workers.

North Carolina voters are choosing a successor to term-limited Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina voters choosing a successor to term-limited Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper were deciding Tuesday between an attorney general who would carry on Cooper's policies and a lieutenant governor whose blunt speaking style and working-class history favored him among hardline conservatives.

As the contest for a seat on the NC Supreme Court remains close, some cast doubt on how election results are certified. Here’s how it works.

North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, speaks while state Republican Party Chairman Jason Simmons listens at a news conference reviewing Tuesday's general election results at state GOP headquarters in Raleigh, N.C., on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)

The narrowly trailing Republican candidate in the race for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat has formally requested a statewide recount

The final counts by counties are about over and a Democratic incumbent on North Carolina’s Supreme Court has an ever-slight lead over a Republican challenger.

North Carolina Republicans have advanced legislation that would weaken the powers of the incoming governor, attorney general and schools superintendent

Democrats fell short again in wresting away swing-state prize North Carolina from Republicans in the presidential election

Three counties flipped from 2020 to 2024: Anson, Nash and Pasquotank.

An already close race for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat reached a razor-thin margin as most counties completed final tallies from the Nov. 5 election