North Carolina Republicans Push Early Voting Off Campuses, Cut Sunday Access in 3 Counties
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 17
North Carolina Republicans Push Early Voting Off Campuses, Cut Sunday Access in 3 Counties
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 17
Summary
Republicans in three North Carolina counties sought to move early voting sites away from college campuses and, in Pasquotank County, eliminate Sunday voting ahead of future elections.
Those changes target voting methods heavily used by younger and Black voters, and officials from both parties described the effort as a direct attempt to make casting ballots harder.
Text messages and emails cited in the report show Dallas Woodhouse, the state auditor’s election liaison and former state GOP executive director, pressed county board members to alter sites and hours.
The push follows a 2024 power shift that gave Republican State Auditor Dave Boliek control over state and county election board makeup after lawmakers stripped that authority from Democratic Governor-elect Josh Stein.