North Carolina has an open race for the general election after Senator Thom Tillis, a Republican, decided he would not seek re-election in the wake of his vote to block President

Progressive advocacy groups seized on those cases and are now trying to turn them into a statewide morality play about voter suppression. Common Cause has promoted a claim that 30 percent of counties have less access this cycle, suggesting early voting is being "taken away," especially from students.

North Carolina Republicans hope that data indicating voters prefer the GOP over Democrats will give them a boost in the 2026 elections. There are now more registered Republicans than Democrats in North Carolina,

Twelve counties have failed to reach a unanimous agreement on when and where to host early voting for the March primary election.

With the State Board of Elections now firmly under their control, North Carolina Republicans have set their sights on a longtime target: early voting.

Newly-approved congressional maps will make many of North Carolina's 2026 races more uncompetitive, largely thanks to redistricting. WRAL's Ashley Rowe dives into political gerrymandering, how it will impact elections this year,

The proposed 2026 voting plans would affect only the March primaries. But they could indicate strategies to come for the November general election.

The dismissal ends the only challenge to the 2025 congressional map, after voters failed to bar it from being used in the 2026 midterms.

Absentee voting for the 2026 primary election begins Jan. 12, and with it are new rules to ensure votes count. In a news release sent out Thursday, the North Carolina State

Absentee voting for North Carolina's 2026 primary elections begins January 12 with a deadline to request ballots by February 17.

The North Carolina State Board of Elections approved a plan Tuesday for early voting sites in Guilford County, despite worries about access.