“Primary Offers a Glimpse of Voter Problems”

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On Tuesday, North Carolina saw its highest primary turnout in history, but that didn’t mean all N.C. voters had such an easy time exercising their right to vote.

Democracy NC, a Durham-based voter rights organization, said that a voter hotline set up at the UNC School of Law fielded over 1,000 calls between early voting and Election Day, seeking assistance on a whole range of problems, ranging from last-minute polling place changes to confusion surrounding the first application of the state’s new voter ID law. “Based on voter turnout and the number of calls we get during the average general election,” said communications director Jen Jones, “It’s safe to say that a high proportion of voters were impacted by new voting laws.

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