Biden the Sole Democrat on North Carolina Primary Ballot: Election Officials

President Joe Biden will be the sole Democrat on North Carolina’s 2024 presidential primary ballot, the state’s top election officials confirmed Tuesday. During Tuesday’s meeting, the bipartisan, five-member North Carolina State Board of Elections voted unanimously to finalize the primary candidate lists the state’s Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian parties submitted last month. No names were added beyond what the political parties requested for their March 5 primaries. Tuesday’s vote by the state board of elections reaffirmed its initial approval, made in December and based on the North Carolina Democratic Party’s request to leave President Biden as the alone Democrat for the primary election ballot. While the board has the authority to override a political party’s request and add more presidential primary candidates, none of the board’s Democrat or Republican members proposed doing so....