Rusty Jacobs
Voting and Election Integrity ReporterRusty Jacobs is WUNC's Voting and Election Integrity Reporter. Rusty started his reporting career in the 1990s at a weekly newspaper in Connecticut. He has been with WUNC since 2001—taking a slight detour from 2007 to 2017 to attend law school at UNC Chapel Hill and then serve as an Assistant District Attorney for Wake County. In his spare time, Rusty plays in a Grateful Dead cover band.
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State elections officials must wait for the Green Party and Democratic Party conventions next month to finalize the ballot for this year's general election -
The North Carolina State Board of Elections officially recognized “We the People” as a party, putting Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., on the ballot as a presidential candidate -
In a split vote, the state elections board has, for now, denied recognition for three alternative political parties. -
Biden made his first post-debate campaign stop in Raleigh on Friday hours after a shaky showdown with former President Donald Trump. -
An elections bill would require the sponsor of political ads to disclose the use of A.I. if it provides false or misleading information to voters -
The state elections board instructed counties to submit their early voting plans for the fall general election ahead of schedule. -
A poll from North Carolina's Elon University shows a solid majority of American voters believe artificial intelligence will be used to influence the outcome of the 2024 presidential election. -
eCourts has been plagued by complaints about its implementation and faces a lawsuit. -
North Carolina's elections director, Karen Brinson Bell, addressed a joint legislative oversight committee on the challenges the state faces this year as major election law changes, such as the photo ID requirement, take effect. -
A law enacted last year requires 10 counties to test software for verifying voters' signatures on absentee ballot envelopes.
