Fewer than 1,000 voters across North Carolina may have received a letter in error about a voter registration application, the State Board of Elections said on Thursday, Oct. 30. The letter reportedly told recipients that their voter registration application was submitted after the deadline for the 2025 municipal elections, which was Oct. 10.

Voters may have received a letter from their county board of elections in error, according to the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBOE)

North Carolina has become the first swing state to draw new congressional districts amid a nationwide redistricting battle initiated by President Trump.

From the onset, supporters of California’s mid-cycle redistricting plan have called it a “response” to Republicans.

More than two dozen people of Latin American descent registered with the State Board of Elections to run for local office across North Carolina this year.

Senate Bill 24 passed its second and third readings in the North Carolina House on Wednesday, introducing a new congressional map for the 2026 election. This map is expected to help Republicans flip District 1, potentially adding another seat in the U.S. House.

North Carolina becomes the third state where Republicans have heeded Trump's call and approved new district lines ahead of next year's midterms.

North Carolina Republicans are championing the map. Before the redraw passed, the state House GOP Majority Leader Brenden Jones said during a speech that "the end result is a congressional map that should perform to elect 11 Republicans," from North Carolina, rather than the 10 that serve in the U.S. House right now.

The nationwide redistricting fight took another step forward this week with North Carolina’s legislature approving a map that is likely to add another GOP seat.

On I-95 in North Carolina, 181 miles separate South Carolina and Virginia. The 12th District on that map snaked along Interstate 85 between Durham and Mecklenburg counties through Orange, Alamance, Guilford, Forsyth, Davidson, Rowan and Iredell counties.

North Carolina Republicans have redrawn the state's congressional map, placing the seat of Democratic Rep. Don Davis in jeopardy.