House advances bill making major changes to election laws

Under Senate Bill 747, mail-in ballots must arrive by the time polls close on Election Day and partisan poll observers could move more freely around voting sites.

On Oct. 1, 2016, Elon University sophomore Jake Kiesler works on behalf of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign to register people to vote outside the Elon Community Church.

North Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a bill making a number of changes to the way elections are run ahead of the 2024 election.

Under Senate Bill 747, …