(The Center Square) – North Carolina’s 17 days of early in-person voting availability is supported by 7 in 10 adults across the state, a new poll released Monday says.
Only 19% said there were too many days, 11% said there too few, and 71% said it was about the right amount, the poll from Center for North Carolina Politics & Public Service at Catawba College says.
The sampling of 1,000 weighted respondents, ages 18 and older, July 30-Aug. 10 was conducted in conjunction with YouGov and carries a +/- 3.59% margin of error.
Sunday voting was another question. The poll found 50% in favor of all 100 counties offering it both Sundays of the early voting period, 31% said counties should decide respective to each if it occurs at all, and 19% said no counties should offer any Sunday voting.
Early in-person voting for North Carolina opens three Thursdays before Election Day and closes the Saturday prior. This means this year, it begins Oct. 15 and ends Oct. 31.
Already state law via solid voter-approved constitutional amendment in 2018 that took six years of litigation to overcome from U.S. Senate candidate Roy Cooper when governor and others, photo identification to vote is supported today by 83%. Strong support is 62% of that figure.
In those 2018 midterms, 55.49% of nearly 3.7 million votes were in favor. The state Supreme Court in April 2023 ruled 5-2 to reverse an earlier decision by its bench when made up of a Democratic majority, and the law has been in place since the 2024 primaries.
“This strong public consensus around the current early-voting period continues from when we asked the same question two years ago,” said Michael Bitzer, professor of politics and history and director of the Center for North Carolina Politics & Public Service. “While recent discussions have focused on reducing early voting during primary elections and keeping the current number of days for general elections, 78% of survey respondents said there should be the same number of early-voting days for primaries and general elections, with only 9% disagreeing.”
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