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State Board Alerts Voters That No Photo ID Needed In Upcoming Primary

State Board of Elections Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell in a video explaining that photo voter ID will not be required in the March 2020 primary. Screenshot courtesy of NCSBE.

The North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) is trying to get the word out that voter photo ID will not be required in the upcoming March primary.  

The board has released a video featuring NCSBE Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell. The video informs voters that they will not be required to show a photo ID for the March 3 primary.

A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction last month that blocks North Carolina's ID requirement from taking effect. That injunction will remain in place unless the courts take further action.

According to a press release, NCSBE staff are developing additional materials to keep voters informed.

The board has updated its website to reflect the changes and says it will continue to post information on social media. The 100 county boards have been directed to update their websites, and to stop issuing free NC Voter ID cards.

Absentee mail-in ballots will go out beginning January 13. In-person early voting begins February 13.

Voters with questions may call the photo ID informational hotline at 919-814-0744. 

Neal Charnoff joined 88.5 WFDD as Morning Edition host in 2014. Raised in the Catskill region of upstate New York, he graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1983. Armed with a liberal arts degree, Neal was fully equipped to be a waiter. So he prolonged his arrested development bouncing around New York and L.A. until discovering that people enjoyed listening to his voice on the radio. After a few years doing overnight shifts at a local rock station, Neal spent most of his career at Vermont Public Radio. He began as host of a nightly jazz program, where he was proud to interview many of his idols, including Dave Brubeck and Sonny Rollins. Neal graduated to the news department, where he was the local host for NPR's All Things Considered for 14 years. In addition to news interviews and features, he originated and produced the Weekly Conversation On The Arts, as well as VPR Backstage, which profiled theater productions around the state. He contributed several stories to NPR, including coverage of a devastating ice storm. Neal now sees the value of that liberal arts degree, and approaches life with the knowledge that all subjects and all art forms are connected to each other. Neal and his wife Judy are enjoying exploring North Carolina and points south. They would both be happy to never experience a Vermont winter again.

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