North Carolina GOP mounts top-down campaign to block campus voting sites

In the year since it came under Republican control, North Carolina’s state elections board has repeatedly made headlines for decisions that restrict or suppress the vote. But now Democrats aren’t the only ones who are upset about it.

Some Republicans are also pushing back as State Auditor Dave Boliek (R) attempts to exert control over county election boards and tell their members how to vote.

At the center of the disagreement is the question of early voting locations on college campuses. Students previously sued* election officials who denied their request for a primary early voting site at their university, and the issue appears poised to remain a flashpoint as the 2026 general elections approach.

Multiple counties are currently moving to restrict early voting options for the 2026 midterms. But the intra-party discord only came to public attention earlier this month, when Republicans serving on Jackson County’s election board revealed during a public meeting that they had been pressured by GOP state officials to deny a campus early voting site at Western Carolina University.




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