NC elections board considers new rules for photo ID, polling places

By: Lynn Bonner

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: April 22, 2026

Words: 754

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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A new proposal would make it easier for North Carolina county boards of election to throw out ballots of people who don’t show photo ID when they vote.

Under the proposal, county boards would no longer have to agree unanimously that voters lied about the reasons they didn’t have ID. A majority on the county boards, on which Republicans currently hold three of five seats, could determine that voters were lying and reject their …

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