The student body presidential election season might have ended without conflict, but two days later, a violation led to the resignation of a member of the Board of Elections.

The Board of Elections voted unanimously Wednesday to certify the results of Tuesday’s student body president election, silencing claims that issues with the voting website swayed the election’s outcome.
“We did what we could in making sure people had a second, third and fourth outlet” to vote, she said in the board’s Wednesday meeting.

Five of the six candidates for student body president said they are confident they will make the ballot today.

Students will have a new way to support candidates for student body president this year — and it could work to upend the traditional campaign model.

Coming off a student body president race defined by bad blood, Shruthi Sundaram is looking to make sure this year will be different.

Student Congress passed a bill Tuesday designed to make it easier for students seeking election to navigate through rules and regulations for campaigns.

The number of signatures student body president candidates need to get their name on the ballot is once again under scrutiny.

Some residents are unhappy with a change in early voting venues ­— but local officials are confident early voting numbers are on track to surpass those from the 2009 municipal elections.

Chapel Hill Town Council candidates Donna Bell and Jason Baker will receive public funding for their 2011 campaigns. Both raised more than the minimum 83 donations — limited to $20 at most — and $838 in contributions to qualify for up to $3,351 in public funds through Chapel Hill’s voter-owned elections program.

As a result of a Board of Elections blunder, Jamezetta Bedford thought she was running unopposed for the two-year seat on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education — but she actually faces seven other candidates.

While the state’s proposed redistricting maps await approval from the U.S. Justice Department, legislators and election officials continue to debate the maps’ clarity and fairness.

First-time candidate for the Carrboro Board of Aldermen Michelle Johnson emerged this week as the leading fundraiser among a field of mostly incumbents.

Cuts to the State Board of Elections could cause inconveniences for voters in the upcoming 2012 election.

The N.C. State Board of Elections suspended emergency voter-owned election funds last Thursday ­— a move some Chapel Hill candidates say might affect the competitiveness of races in this year’s local elections.

Morehead Planetarium previously housed early voting for students and staff at UNC. But due to new limitations, suite 133-G in University Square off West Franklin Street will be used instead.

This year’s elections, held Nov. 8, will mark the second time contenders for town office can participate in the town’s voter-owned election ordinance, which debuted in 2009 and is the only such program in the state.

After growing up in the mountains of North Carolina, Jason Baker enjoys hiking once a week to explore the landscapes of Orange County.

Sitting in traffic for hours is one thing Laney Dale doesn’t miss about living in Los Angeles.

Junior Shruthi Sundaram is no stranger to the controversy that often surrounds student elections.

As the son of a preacher, Jon DeHart lived in seven different towns before he turned 16.