Sept. 30 📭 voting update for #ncpol
🗳️14,862 ballots cast & 14,672 accepted from 97 counties
🗳️ total ballots trailing 2022 on the same day by 17%/Dems trailing by 29%
🗳️voter location I'd most like to visit: Valencia, Spain
🗳️usefulness of this to forecast election outcomes=0

14,672 NC absentee ballots accepted through Tues 9/29, up 1,077 from Monday. Images top 10 counties, voter party, top 12 cities.
Top 3 counties Wake 2,710; Mecklenburg 1,595; Buncombe 835
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NC voters will be asked to show photo ID when voting in person.

Now is a good time to learn which IDs are accepted and what options are available if you don't have one.

Know before you go. www.ncsbe.gov/voting/voter...

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And our state Republicans support these attacks on our institutions and worse, the people they are supposed to protect. Vote them out people. #NorthCarolina #ncpol

Between:

Jamie Ager making a pitch for more barn dances:
youtu.be/ZKU7RR90A-I?...

& Jennifer Balkcom making a pitch for moms who shoot intruders:
www.youtube.com/watch?is=VWW...

I am reminded that #nc11 is more interesting than the other 434 congressional districts combined

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“‘There is a Republican turnout problem due to the administration's failure to address the economic concerns of voters,’ North Carolina Republican strategist Paul Shoemaker said of the state's U.S. Senate race.”

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The North Carolina elections board says it has the names of nearly 1,600 potential noncitizens on its voter rolls who were flagged by a federal database. But as of two weeks ago, it hadn’t tried to contact any of them. ncnewsline.com/2026/09/29/n... @lbonner.bsky.social #ncpol

NC Highway Patrol signs ICE cooperation deal as agencies face Thursday deadline. GOP-backed state law required agencies to sign agreements to carry out immigration enforcement duties usually performed by federal agents. (Via @lucianaperezu.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/politic... #ncpol

14,000 refugees living in North Carolina will lose health care coverage as another provision of Trump's OBBBA from last year comes into effect. #ncpol #medicaid #refugees
https://ncnewsline.com/2026/09/29/medicaid-is-about-to-end-in-nc-for-thousands-of-refugees/

AARP’s poll puts Cooper ahead 53–42 overall, while Whatley leads 51–45 among voters 50+. That matters because 83% of voters 50+ say they’re extremely motivated to vote, versus 66% under 50. The easily spooked old white folks, it turns out, still have potential sway in North Carolina. #NCPol

The legislature has scheduled overrides of Stein’s vetoes, including election-law changes and the homeless-service bill. Veto sessions can be perfectly legitimate, but squeezing major policy fights into late-session calendars leaves plenty of room for politics to outrun deliberation. #NCPol

North Carolina’s new absentee rules are being challenged because technical envelope mistakes could invalidate otherwise eligible ballots. With ballots already being mailed, changing the mechanics now gives voters and election workers one more set of instructions with the intent to fail. #NCPol

Recent polls put Cooper ahead of Whatley by double digits, including 53–42 in AARP’s survey. Cooper has statewide name recognition from two terms as governor, while Whatley is running for office for the first time. Trump endorsements don’t do as much heavy lifting as they used to. #NCPol

New data shows North Carolina high school students feel safer in school than they have in the past. But members of the N.C. Governor’s Advisory Council for Student Safety and Well-Being want millions more for school resource officers. ncnewsline.com/2026/09/29/n... @ncnewsline.com #ncpol

An approximately three-mile line of vehicles stretched through Rodanthe on Monday as hundreds of vacationers sought to board the emergency ferry leaving Hatteras Island on the North Carolina coast. ncnewsline.com/2026/09/29/n... @christinezhu.bsky.social #ncpol

Starting Oct. 1, about 14,000 people living in North Carolina who were admitted to the United States for humanitarian reasons will no longer have comprehensive health insurance coverage through Medicaid. ncnewsline.com/2026/09/29/m... #ncpol #nc

Members of the Governor’s Advisory Council on Student Safety and Well-Being plan to advocate for more permanent funding for school resource officers in 2027. ncnewsline.com/2026/09/29/n... #ncpol

A bipartisan measure to overhaul the college sports landscape got a step closer to becoming law Monday after passing the U.S. Senate. ncnewsline.com/2026/09/29/r... #ncpol @statesnewsroom.com