North Carolina elections officials have fashioned early voting schedules they hope comply with a federal court ruling this summer and ease long lines this fall in the presidential battleground stat
The nation's highest court has refused to reinstate North Carolina's voter ID requirement and restrictions on early voting.
The lineup of early voting sites in Forsyth County will likely be decided this week, and one of the proposed locations is at Winston-Salem's Industries for the Blind.
Early voting for North Carolina's congressional and supreme court primary ends Saturday at 1 p.m..
Winston-Salem State University will not be hosting an early-voting site on campus this March.
The State Board of Elections has approved two area early voting plans that were passed, despite objections from opponents who wanted more options.
The State Board of Elections on Friday will consider disputed early voting plans in Guilford and Watauga counties.
Another precinct could be coming to a disputed voting site in Boone. Last year's site barely opened in time for the start of early voting.
A Republican member of the North Carolina elections board was deeply involved with a plan to eliminate a heavily Democratic voting site. A judge has ruled that the plan was intended to suppress voter turnout.
