North Carolina Treasurer election, 2020

Elections in North Carolina, 2020

• Election date: Nov. 3
• Registration deadline(s): Oct. 9
• Online registration: Yes
• Same-day registration: No
• Recount laws

• Early voting starts: Oct. 15
• Absentee/mail voting deadline(s): Nov. 3 (postmarked); Nov. 12 (received)
• Processing, counting, and challenging absentee/mail-in ballots
• Voter ID: No ID
• Poll times: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

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North Carolina Treasurer
Election details
Filing deadline: December 20, 2019
Primary: March 3, 2020 Primary runoff: June 23, 2020 General: November 3, 2020 Pre-election incumbent(s): Dale Folwell (R)
How to vote
Poll times: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Voting in North Carolina
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North Carolina held an election for treasurer on November 3, 2020. The primary was scheduled for March 3, 2020. The filing deadline was December 20, 2019.

Incumbent Dale Folwell won election in the general election for North Carolina Treasurer.

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

North Carolina modified its absentee/mail-in voting and early voting procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

• Absentee/mail-in voting: The witness signature requirement on completed absentee ballots decreased from two to one. The receipt deadline was extended to 5 p.m. on November 12, 2020, for ballots postmarked on or before Election Day.
• Early voting: Early voting sites were required to be open for at least 10 hours on the weekends of October 17-18, 2020, and October 24-25, 2020. Counties had to open at least one early voting site per 20,000 registered voters.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

Candidates and election results

General election candidates

• Dale Folwell  (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
• Ronnie Chatterji  (Democratic Party) 

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 Democratic primary candidates

• Dimple Ajmera
• Ronnie Chatterji ✔ 
• Matthew Leatherman

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 Republican primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

• Dale Folwell (Incumbent) ✔

Past elections

2016

See also: North Carolina Treasurer election, 2016

The general election for State Treasurer was held on November 8, 2016.

Dale Folwell defeated Dan Blue III in the North Carolina treasurer election.

North Carolina Treasurer, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dale Folwell	52.75%	2,348,938
	Democratic	Dan Blue III	47.25%	2,104,114
Total Votes				4,453,052
Source: ABC11

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2012 See also: North Carolina down ballot state executive elections, 2012 Incumbent Janet Cowell (D) successfully won re-election, defeating Steve Royal (R) in the November 6, 2012 general election. North Carolina Treasurer General Election, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Janet Cowell Incumbent 53.8% 2,313,877      Republican Steve Royal 46.2% 1,984,827 Total Votes 4,298,704 Election results via NC State Board of Elections 2008 On November 4, 2008, Janet Cowell won election to the office of North Carolina Treasurer. She defeated Bill Daughtridge in the general election. North Carolina Treasurer, 2008 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Janet Cowell 53.6% 2,179,665      Republican Bill Daughtridge 46.4% 1,885,724 Total Votes 4,065,389 Election results via North Carolina State Board of Elections. 2004 On November 2, 2004, Richard H. Moore won re-election to the office of North Carolina Treasurer. He defeated Edward A. Meyer (R) in the general election. North Carolina Treasurer, 2004 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Richard H. Moore Incumbent 54.5% 1,812,201      Republican Edward A. Meyer 45.5% 1,512,619 Total Votes 3,324,820 Election results via North Carolina State Board of Elections. 2000 On November 7, 2000, Richard Moore won election to the office of North Carolina Treasurer. He defeated Henry McKoy (R) in the general election. North Carolina Treasurer, 2000 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Richard Moore 55.3% 1,539,761      Republican Henry McKoy 44.7% 1,242,202 Total Votes 2,781,963 Election results via North Carolina State Board of Elections.

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