Elections

2020 election: What NC Secretary of State candidates said in our voter guide questionnaire

E.C. Sykes
E.C. Sykes

This fall, North Carolina voters will decide whether to reelect Democratic Secretary of State Elaine Marshall or replace her with Republican E.C. Sykes.

The secretary oversees corporations, small businesses and lobbyists.

See what Marshall and Sykes said about the department they’re hoping to lead and what they’d change. Plus read about their education, work and civic involvement.

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How to access full voter guide

For our North Carolina voter guide, we compiled candidate information and responses for more than 90 races, including statewide and congressional elections and many key races in the Charlotte and Triangle areas.

Go to either the Charlotte Observer voter guide at charlotteobserver.com/voter-guide, the News & Observer voter guide at newsobserver.com/voter-guide or the Herald-Sun voter guide at heraldsun.com/voter-guide.

This story was originally published October 1, 2020 at 2:28 PM with the headline "2020 election: What NC Secretary of State candidates said in our voter guide questionnaire."

Jim Morrill
The Charlotte Observer
Jim Morrill, who grew up near Chicago, covers state and local politics. He’s worked at the Observer since 1981 and taught courses on North Carolina politics at UNC Charlotte and Davidson College.
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