NC elections board considers new rules for photo ID, polling places
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 ballots.
The changes to the rejection threshold are part of a list of proposed election rules governing absentee ballots and conduct at polling places.
The state Board of Elections took its first step Wednesday to advance the proposals, voting 3-2 to put them out for public comment. The board’s two Democratic members were opposed.
https://ncnewsline.com/2026/04/22/nc-elections-board-considers-new-rules-for-photo-id-polling-places/