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

North Carolina election officials are considering changes to the voting schedule that could affect how voters cast ballots in upcoming primaries.

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.

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.

Reconstituted Republican-dominated NC State Board of Elections cuts voting sites and Sunday voting favored by Democrats in several counties.

According to the board, all absentee ballots must be received by the voter’s county board by 7:30 p.m. by the primary election, which is March 3.

Just 10 months before the general election, two candidates for the U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina are giving a clearer picture of their individual campaigns.

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