Board of Elections Sends Second Round of Registration Repair Letters
The N.C. State Board of Elections sent a second round of Registration Repair letters to voters whose registration records are missing either a driver’s license number (DL#) or the last four digits of their Social Security number (SSN4), as required by state and federal law. The letters were sent in late November, 2025. Read more about the second round of Registration Repair Letters here.

Board of Elections Agrees to Use SAVE Database to Verify Voters’ Citizenship
The N.C. State Board of Elections voted on November 25, 2025 to enter into an agreement with U.S. Department of Homeland Security to share voter information with DHS’s SAVE (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements) database. The database will be used to verify N.C. voters’ citizenship status. Read more at NC Newsline.

Federal Court Allows New Congressional Map to Be Used for 2026 Election
A panel of federal judges have ruled that North Carolina’s new congressional map enacted by Session Law 2025-95 can be used for the 2026 elections. The North Carolina NAACP, Common Cause of North Carolina and a group of voters had argued the new map reflects unconstitutional racial discrimination. Read more at NC Newsline.

N.C. State Board of Elections Makes Changes to Overseas and Military Voting
On July 21, 2025, the N.C. State Board of Elections approved Numbered Memo 2025-01 Changes to Voting for Military and Overseas Voters. The Memo provides guidance on changes to the legal requirements and processes for military and overseas voters. The Memo indicates the changes are in response to court rulings in the 2024 NC supreme court race.

Military and Overseas Voters: Starting with the 2025 municipal elections, in order for military and overseas voters to vote in North Carolina state and local contests using an absentee ballot, they must submit: (1) an acceptable photocopy of a photo ID or (2) a completed Photo ID Exception Form with their ballot.

Overseas U.S. citizens who have never resided in North Carolina: U.S. citizens, who were born abroad and have never resided in North Carolina but whose parent was last eligible to vote in North Carolina, are no longer allowed to vote in North Carolina state and local elections. They can only vote in federal contests.
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NC State Board of Elections Launches Registration Repair Project
The NC State Board of Elections has launched a Registration Repair Project to collect identification numbers – driver’s license numbers or the last four digits of social security numbers (SSN4) – for 100,000+ voters missing them on the state’s voter rolls.

The Registration Repair Project is part of the Board’s “Plan to Collect Incomplete Registration Information from Certain Voters” approved on June 24,2025.
Read more from NC Newsline.

DNC Contends Plan to Collect Missing Voter Information Could Prevent Many Voters from Voting
On July 11, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) sent a letter to the NC State Board of Elections contending the Board’s recently adopted “Plan to Collect Incomplete Registration Information from Certain Voters” is in violation of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).  The DNC is threating legal action unless the Board resolves the violations by October 9, 2025.
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