Two bills proposing sweeping changes to future North Carolina elections faced some bipartisan opposition in a committee Thursday, but it also saw bipartisan agreement among lawmakers on changes. A primary area of concern relates to early voting, the most popular method of voting in North Carolina. Election experts say it could grind to a halt if this bill becomes law. Many counties have multiple early voting sites; in 2022 Wake County had 15 sites. This bill would make it easier for politically motivated board members to shut down early voting on a county-by-county basis — in which case there could only be one site per county.
Sara LaVere, president of the North Carolina Association of Directors of Elections, said the debate over how many early voting sites to have, and where to put them, frequently breaks down in a disagreement along party lines among county election board members.
Right now, those disagreements can be resolved by the State Board of Elections. But changing the state board as Republicans lawmakers want — so that it will have four Democrats and four Republicans — raises the possibility that no early voting plan would ever be selected. That would mean opening just a single early voting site, at the county office. People could potentially be forced to drive long distances and then wait for hours to vote early.
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