[14] In 2013, Michael Zytkow ran for the Charlotte City Council seat representing District 4 as an independent with the Green Party's endorsement.

[16] On June 22, 2017, the Western chapter of the party endorsed Dee Williams for Asheville City Council[17] In June 2018, NCGP nominated Keenen Altic to run in the Forsyth County Commissioner At-Large race and he accepted choosing to run as a Green.

Lee.,[21][22] in response to a recent Ku Klux Klan rally and counter protest in Durham[23] resulting in a General Lee statue being torn down by vandals.

However, several county boards of elections claimed they found apparent fraud and irregularities while examining the petitions.

The North Carolina Green Party had hired contractors from Michigan that were under investigation for invalid petitions in that state.

[26] [27] The North Carolina Green Party claimed that the State Board of Elections had acted very undemocratically and unethically.

Furthermore, the Green Party had evidence of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee harassing signers multiple times asking if they want their signatures to be removed from the petition.

The reason why there was not an investigation into the callers was that they were protected under free speech and that the calls are part of the political process.

[31] On August 1, the State Board of Elections reversed their decision by a unanimous vote to certify the Green Party on the ballot.

As the decision was ruled after the July 1st deadline, it remained unclear whether the party would have its candidates printed on the ballot.