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North Carolina’s mail ballots face rocketing rejection rates — 5.85% of all ballots counted in the state’s 2026 midterms will not count if voters fail to take mandatory extra steps.
Mail ballots in North Carolina’s largest county, a key Democratic stronghold, are being rejected at a high rate. And over half of those rejections are the result of a strict new GOP-backed rule about ballot envelopes, according to data shared with Democracy Docket.
Mail ballots in North Carolina continue to be rejected at a significantly higher rate than in 2022, after the GOP imposed last-minute restrictions on mail voting, according to the latest data.
New data shows that the new rules for counting absentee ballots are leading to much higher rejection rates than in the past.
Thousands of North Carolina midterm ballots are set to be rejected over minor technical issues after a federal court upheld strict new Republican-backed rules for mail voters, according to data shared exclusively with Democracy Docket.
Ten years before a federal judge approved North Carolina’s new measures restricting absentee ballots, he upheld a strict voter ID law over pro-voting groups’ objections. An appeals panel later reversed that ruling, describing the law as “one of the largest restrictions of the franchise in modern North Carolina history,” and finding that it targeted Black […]
In a blow to voters, North Carolina’s restrictive absentee ballot rules will remain in place for the midterms, a federal judge ruled.
North Carolina election officials confirmed Thursday that eligible voters who received vaguely worded letters questioning their ability to vote can still cast ballots even if they don’t respond to verify their citizenship.
This summer, Shia Rozier watched her state’s top election officials vote against a polling place on her university campus — again.
More than 1,000 North Carolina voters will begin receiving letters this week from the state election board requesting they verify their citizenship status — although the board claims compliance is voluntary.
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