On the Record | Voting underway in NC as officials make last-minute changes
Voting is underway in North Carolina, as the 2026 midterm elections started here Friday. North Carolina is the first state in the country to begin voting, although most voters are still unlikely to cast their ballots for another month or more.
The online portal that overseas and military voters can use opened at midnight. And as the day went on, officials in all 100 counties also began mailing out ballots to people stateside who have already requested to vote by mail.
As that was all happening, the State Board of Elections also met Friday morning to approve some last-minute changes to the…
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