The State Board of Elections has officially recognized the Constitution Party of North Carolina as a political party.
This recognition offers voters an additional party affiliation option when registering or updating their registration. Now, voters can choose to affiliate with the Constitution, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, No Labels, or Republican parties, or register as unaffiliated.
The Constitution Party of North Carolina will field candidates in November’s election, including Walter Vinny Smith for governor and Wayne Jones for lieutenant governor. The party has until July 23 to provide the names of additional candidates for the 2024 general election.
Voter registration applications are being updated to include the new party. In the meantime, voters can register by checking the “Other” box and writing “Constitution Party” in the “Political Party Affiliation” section.
According to a press release from the state, “The Constitution Party submitted 14,022 valid signatures from registered N.C. voters, 157 more than the required 13,855 signatures”. These signatures were verified by county boards of elections in the counties where they were collected.
The NCSBE certifies the Constitutional Party but Chair Hirsch avoided a vote to certify the other two parties. This in essence keeps RFK and Cornell West off the ballot pending another NCSBE meeting that Hirsch said will happen "soon."#ncpol
— A.P. Dillon (@APDillon_) July 9, 2024
