Joe Biden used his first national address as president-elect to vow to heal a deeply divided nation, declaring it was time to βlet this grim era of demonization in America begin to endβ and reaching out to the millions of people who voted against him to say, βLetβs give each other a chance.β
Absentee by mail ballot counting continued on Friday night in Mecklenburg County.Β North Carolina is still too close to call as about 90,000 absentee ballots and about 40,000 provisional ballots hang in the balance.Β President Trump is leading Joe Biden in North Carolina by about 70,000 votes.Β
Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to lead a nation gripped by historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social turmoil. Biden crossed 270 Electoral College votes with a win in Pennsylvania.
President Donald Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows has been diagnosed with the coronavirus as the nation sets daily records for confirmed cases for the pandemic.
As the U.S. waits for the full results of the presidential election, some protesters have demanded that ballot counting be stopped, while others have taken to the streets to urge that every vote be counted.
Democrat Joe Biden was on the cusp of winning the presidency on Friday as he opened up narrow leads over President Donald Trump in the critical battlegrounds of Georgia and Pennsylvania.
The Trump campaign released a statement Friday morning saying "This election is not over."Β
The outcomes of elections for North Carolinaβs top lawyer and top judge likely wonβt be settled for at least several more days as mail-in ballots trickle in and provisional ballots are scrutinized statewide.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said in a news conference on Thursday that he will continue to push forward with his goal of expanding Medicaid at a time when voters decided to maintain GOP control of both chambers of the Legislature.
As Election Day stretched into election week, election workers count ballots around the clock. The fight for the White House - centered in battleground states.
North Carolina GOP Chairman Michael Whatley was in Charlotte Thursday night. Accusing the State Board of Elections of not being transparent.
A handful of pivotal states remained in play Thursday in the tightly contested U.S. presidential race.
North Carolina elections officials wish to remind Election Day voters that it may take a few weeks before their βvoter historyβ is updated to reflect their recent vote in their voter record available through the State Board of Electionsβ Voter Search tool.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections announced Thursday that a total of 40,766 provisional ballots remain to be reviewed and certified across the state.
Leading up to election day, there was a lot of talk about βblue waveβ or βred wave,β when really it was the βgreen waveβ that swept from nearly coast to coast.Β
North Carolina election officials are urging patience as we wait for counties to finish tallying absentee-by-mail and provisional ballots.
President Donald Trumpβs campaign filed lawsuits Wednesday in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, laying the groundwork for contesting battleground states as he slipped behind Democrat Joe Biden in the hunt for the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House.
On a day of electoral uncertainty and legal action, Joe Biden won Wisconsin on Wednesday, reclaiming a key part of the βblue wallβ that slipped away from Democrats four years ago and narrowing President Donald Trumpβs pathway to reelection.
The Trump campaign said it filed lawsuits Wednesday in Pennsylvania and Michigan, laying the groundwork for contesting the outcome in undecided battleground states that could determine whether President Donald Trump gets another four years in the White House.
North Carolina State Board leaders hold a news conference providing updates on the post-election processes.Β
