All 195 precincts reporting, 10:42 p.m.; March 3, 2026 15.5% of Mecklenburg's 819,366 voters participated After all polls closed, unofficial Mecklenburg vote totals were available at the NC Board of Elections website here. This page is used chiefly to add election results to the Forum’s archive on ... Continue Reading →
Candidates in March 3 primary for NC House Districts 99 and 106
Jan. 6, 2026 Five of the six candidates in the March 3 primaries in NC House Districts 99 and 106 faced questions today in a session that may have set an all-time record for combined in-room and livestream participation. Perhaps interest in the contests bodes well for voter participation on ... Continue Reading →
ELECTION 2024
First published Nov. 5, 2024; Source: N.C. Board of Elections THE MECKLENBURG BALLOT US PRESIDENT (VOTE FOR 1) Precincts Reported: 195 of 195 View Contest Details NAME ON BALLOT PARTY BALLOT COUNT PERCENT Kamala D. ... Continue Reading →
2 NC House candidates describe Raleigh’s current challenges
Oct, 22, 2024 T ... Continue Reading →
‘Disappointed’ … ‘Enraged’: Views shared on sea change in N.C. political landscape
April 11, 2023 Some people in the room had lent their support to Tricia Cotham when she ran for the N.C. House as a Democrat. Some of the people were part of organizations that endorsed her bid, and supported her platform as a Democrat. The emotions created by the announcement last week that ... Continue Reading →
ELECTION RESULTS 2022
Nov. 8, 2022 The N.C. Board of Elections posts unofficial precinct returns as they are reported. View them here. Below are the unofficial Mecklenburg vote totals for candidates on the Nov. 8 Mecklenburg election ballot, as compiled by the Mecklenburg and N.C. Boards of Elections. Victors are ... Continue Reading →
Democrats in N.C. House minority make case for persistence
Oct. 25, 2022 Five N.C. House Democratic incumbents and one Democratic challenger met this morning at the Forum. Their answers to questions offered Forum participants a small guidebook on their achievements and ongoing fights in the GOP-controlled lower house. But perhaps more importantly, they ... Continue Reading →
General Election 2020
Results of the Nov. 3, 2020 general election after the canvass by all 100 N.C. counties on Nov. 17, an audit on Nov. 19 and, on Nov. 24, certification by the N.C. Board of Elections of nearly all of the county canvasses. Three county contests in Hoke, Wake and Wayne Counties, plus one District Court ... Continue Reading →
‘My daddy changed the world’
Page initiated June 6, 2020 “We are plagued with the harsh reality that it could be us. It is us. The songs that were sung and the movements that were made were all entirely too familiar. The Floyd family is just like any other black American family. In pain, grasping hope, and determined to meet a ... Continue Reading →
Election 2018: Nasif Majeed
Page initiated Aug. 28, 2018 Nasif Majeed is a candidate for the N.C. House from District 99. Below are video or audio files of statements made by the candidate or surrogates at the Forum during the 2018 election cycle. To start a video, click on it. Sept. 26, 2018 Sept. 18, 2018 Aug. 28, ... Continue Reading →