House set to vote on sweeping election bill despite opposition to overseas voter restrictions

By: Brandon Kingdollar

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: June 25, 2026

Words: 1,579

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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The North Carolina House of Representatives is expected to vote on a hotly contested election reform bill next week after it passed the powerful House Rules Committee on Wednesday.

House Bill 958 passed the committee by a margin of 14-9, becoming one of the rare bills to not receive the support of all Republicans on the panel. That’s in part due to backlash over provisions that would require voter identification from military and overseas …

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