The proposed 2026 voting plans would affect only the March primaries. But they could indicate strategies to come for the November general election.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Republicans took control of elections administration in mid-2025 and, in some counties, they have quickly moved to enact two longtime party goals: Eliminating Sunday hours and campus polling places during early voting.
Those decisions have now led to political disputes in a handful of counties statewide, which will be up to the GOP-majority State Board of Elections to settle in a meeting Tuesday, Jan 13.
The state board began meeting Tuesday morning to review and vote on early voting plans in a dozen counties, including Cumberland, Harnett, Wayne and others. All failed to receive unanimous support at the county level so now require final approval by the state elections board.
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