NORTH CAROLINA — The state board of elections has voted to extend operations at one county’s polling place, which will have a rollover effect on all 100 counties releasing Primary Day Election night results.
According to the North Carolina State Board of Elections, the board voted unanimously Tuesday to extend voting to 8:30 p.m. at Halifax County’s Littleton precinct at the United Methodist Church on South Main Street. State law does not allow results to be released to the state elections dashboard while voting is underway. Most polls statewide will close at 7:30 p.m. but Halifax County has an hour extension meaning its county’s voting will continue as others as slated to begin counting ballots.
There are 2,600 sites statewide; the Halifax precinct had to open on a delay Tuesday, March 3, leading to expanding its hours. According to the state board, the hold up was due to a “synchronization issue with electronic poll books, and backup procedures were not immediately employed.”
The board held a press conference as well on Tuesday morning noting early voting numbers have seen a 23% uptick since the 2022 midterms. The state board anticipated results to start populating by 8 p.m., though now they expect them to come in a little later.
“A large amount of results are expected to be posted at around 8:30 p.m.,” the release explained.
The results will not be final until the canvass on March 13.
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