No Early Voting At WSSU

Winston-Salem State University will not be hosting an early-voting site on campus this March.

The state board on Wednesday approved an early voting plan submitted by the local election board, which is made up of mostly Republicans.

The Winston-Salem Journal reports that plan excludes early voting for the March 15th primary at the historically black school.

State board members noted that the school had not been an early-voting location in 2014.

Board members also say the early voting period next month includes spring break at Winston-Salem State. They suggested the issue might be reconsidered for the fall election.

But the state board did approve a plan that requires Watauga County to offer early voting at Appalachian State University's Plemmons Student Union. The ASU site had been argued over for years.