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North Carolina board calls emergency meeting on voting-hour extensions
As of 2026-11-03 · Publication details
November 3, 2026 tentative agenda. No extension approved by this notice; Hertford count unknown. · named precinct entries
Tentative November3 agenda only: seven individually listed precincts in six counties. Hertford separately says multiple precincts; its number is unspecified and is excluded, not zero. Additional precincts may be considered. Bars count named entries, not approved extensions, voters, delay or extra minutes. No new closing time established.
North Carolina emergency meeting notice posted November3; tentative named precincts and public access, with ordinary-hours guidance separately identified. Not an approved extension or results report.
North Carolina’s election board called a 2 p.m. Eastern emergency meeting to consider voting-hour extensions. Its tentative agenda names seven precincts in six counties, plus unspecified precincts in Hertford. The notice does not approve extra time. Check the official notice and your assigned polling place; do not assume later hours. [1] [9] [8] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Still open: No operative extension decision, reason for any interruption, lost minutes or new closing time captured. All open questions ↓
Open NCSBE’s November3 emergency notice for the exact precinct list, public observation route and linked meeting materials. A tentative agenda is not an approved extension. →Archive photograph · 2010-06-23 · Tabor City, North Carolina
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The reporting question: Which North Carolina precincts are on the emergency voting-hours agenda?
Consideration is not approval
The board’s November3 notice schedules a remote meeting for 2 p.m. Eastern (1 p.m. Central). Extending voting hours is the substantive item on its tentative agenda. That makes the notice useful to voters in the named places, but it supplies no approved new closing time and does not establish that the meeting has occurred. [1] [9]
Find the listed precinct, not just the county
The seven individually named entries are South Williams in Columbus; 04-North Sunbury in Gates; K8 in Lenoir; Boone 2 in Watauga; 102 in Wilkes; and PRWM and PRWJ in Wilson. The official notice provides each location and address. Hertford is separately described as multiple precincts without names or a count. The agenda may change and additional precincts may be considered. A county appearing here does not put every precinct in it under an approved extension. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Use the published hours while checking for an actual order
The board’s general guidance gives ordinary Election Day hours of 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Eastern and says voters in line at their assigned polling place at 7:30 p.m. can vote. Do not delay voting on the assumption that this proposed consideration grants more time. A later operative local extension would need its own official record; it is not established by the agenda. [10] [9]
Follow the public notice for the next record
Any member of the public may observe through the Webex or phone route in the notice. It also links meeting materials as they become available. We inspected the notice, not live playback or a completed decision. Open the original for exact precinct addresses and current materials, and use your responsible election office for instructions affecting your ballot. [11] [9]
- 2 source records
- North Carolina State Board of Elections
How we know11 scoped claims · 2 source recordsView evidence
Each claim keeps its full assertion, date, source passage and limits. Source counts describe records, not independent corroboration.
1.Claim 1Supported
The November3 NCSBE notice schedules a remote emergency meeting at 2 p.m. North Carolina time (Eastern), or 1 p.m. Central, to consider extending voting hours.
- Scope
- North Carolina November3,2026 official tentative meeting agenda or separately identified ordinary-hours guidance only.
- Evidence passage
- Notice of Remote Emergency Meeting: remote meeting via Webex at 2 p.m. Tuesday November3; Tentative Agenda: Consideration of extension of voting hours.
- As of
- 2026-11-03
- Limit
- Scheduled meeting, not a completed event; no extension is approved by this notice. Time zone follows Raleigh local time; EST is one hour ahead of CST on this date.
Retrieved 2026-11-03T18:42:18.383Z · North Carolina State Board of Elections
No reasons for a disruption, approved new closing times, affected voter totals, meeting outcome or election result established.
2.Claim 2Supported
The tentative agenda individually lists 1 precinct in Columbus County: South Williams-Tabor City Courthouse.
- Scope
- North Carolina November3,2026 official tentative meeting agenda or separately identified ordinary-hours guidance only.
- Evidence passage
- Tentative Agenda, County: Columbus; precinct and address lines.
- As of
- 2026-11-03
- Limit
- Count of individually listed agenda entries only; not an approved extension, all county precincts, affected voters or minutes of lost voting time.
Retrieved 2026-11-03T18:42:18.383Z · North Carolina State Board of Elections
No reasons for a disruption, approved new closing times, affected voter totals, meeting outcome or election result established.
3.Claim 3Supported
The tentative agenda individually lists 1 precinct in Gates County: 04-North Sunbury Sub Station 2.
- Scope
- North Carolina November3,2026 official tentative meeting agenda or separately identified ordinary-hours guidance only.
- Evidence passage
- Tentative Agenda, County: Gates; precinct and address lines.
- As of
- 2026-11-03
- Limit
- Count of individually listed agenda entries only; not an approved extension, all county precincts, affected voters or minutes of lost voting time.
Retrieved 2026-11-03T18:42:18.383Z · North Carolina State Board of Elections
No reasons for a disruption, approved new closing times, affected voter totals, meeting outcome or election result established.
4.Claim 4Supported
The tentative agenda individually lists 1 precinct in Lenoir County: K8 Holloway Recreation Center.
- Scope
- North Carolina November3,2026 official tentative meeting agenda or separately identified ordinary-hours guidance only.
- Evidence passage
- Tentative Agenda, County: Lenoir; precinct and address lines.
- As of
- 2026-11-03
- Limit
- Count of individually listed agenda entries only; not an approved extension, all county precincts, affected voters or minutes of lost voting time.
Retrieved 2026-11-03T18:42:18.383Z · North Carolina State Board of Elections
No reasons for a disruption, approved new closing times, affected voter totals, meeting outcome or election result established.
5.Claim 5Supported
The tentative agenda individually lists 1 precinct in Watauga County: Boone 2 ASU Plemmons Student Union – Blue Ridge Ballroom.
- Scope
- North Carolina November3,2026 official tentative meeting agenda or separately identified ordinary-hours guidance only.
- Evidence passage
- Tentative Agenda, County: Watauga; precinct and address lines.
- As of
- 2026-11-03
- Limit
- Count of individually listed agenda entries only; not an approved extension, all county precincts, affected voters or minutes of lost voting time.
Retrieved 2026-11-03T18:42:18.383Z · North Carolina State Board of Elections
No reasons for a disruption, approved new closing times, affected voter totals, meeting outcome or election result established.
6.Claim 6Supported
The tentative agenda individually lists 1 precinct in Wilkes County: 102 Boomer Fire Department.
- Scope
- North Carolina November3,2026 official tentative meeting agenda or separately identified ordinary-hours guidance only.
- Evidence passage
- Tentative Agenda, County: Wilkes; precinct and address lines.
- As of
- 2026-11-03
- Limit
- Count of individually listed agenda entries only; not an approved extension, all county precincts, affected voters or minutes of lost voting time.
Retrieved 2026-11-03T18:42:18.383Z · North Carolina State Board of Elections
No reasons for a disruption, approved new closing times, affected voter totals, meeting outcome or election result established.
7.Claim 7Supported
The tentative agenda individually lists 2 precincts in Wilson County: PRWM (Wells School) and PRWJ (Vinson-Bynum Elementary School).
- Scope
- North Carolina November3,2026 official tentative meeting agenda or separately identified ordinary-hours guidance only.
- Evidence passage
- Tentative Agenda, County: Wilson; precinct and address lines.
- As of
- 2026-11-03
- Limit
- Count of individually listed agenda entries only; not an approved extension, all county precincts, affected voters or minutes of lost voting time.
Retrieved 2026-11-03T18:42:18.383Z · North Carolina State Board of Elections
No reasons for a disruption, approved new closing times, affected voter totals, meeting outcome or election result established.
8.Claim 8Supported
The agenda separately lists Hertford County as multiple precincts without names or a numeric count; it says additional precincts may be considered as needed.
- Scope
- North Carolina November3,2026 official tentative meeting agenda or separately identified ordinary-hours guidance only.
- Evidence passage
- Tentative Agenda: County: Hertford / Multiple precincts; consideration parenthetical: additional precincts may be considered as needed.
- As of
- 2026-11-03
- Limit
- Unknown is not zero. Hertford is excluded from numeric bars; the seven individually listed entries are not a statewide total.
Retrieved 2026-11-03T18:42:18.383Z · North Carolina State Board of Elections
No reasons for a disruption, approved new closing times, affected voter totals, meeting outcome or election result established.
9.Claim 9Supported
The official notice labels the agenda tentative and subject to modification; it gives no approved extended closing time.
- Scope
- North Carolina November3,2026 official tentative meeting agenda or separately identified ordinary-hours guidance only.
- Evidence passage
- Notice: The meeting agenda below is tentative and is subject to modification; Tentative Agenda in full.
- As of
- 2026-11-03
- Limit
- Boundary of this captured notice, not a claim that no later order exists. Recheck official records before relying on extended hours.
Retrieved 2026-11-03T18:42:18.383Z · North Carolina State Board of Elections
No reasons for a disruption, approved new closing times, affected voter totals, meeting outcome or election result established.
10.Claim 10Supported
NCSBE general guidance states polls open 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Election Day; voters in line at their assigned polling place at 7:30 p.m. can vote.
- Scope
- North Carolina November3,2026 official tentative meeting agenda or separately identified ordinary-hours guidance only.
- Evidence passage
- Overview of Election Day Voting, paragraphs1–2, including assigned polling place and in-line sentence.
- As of
- 2026-11-03
- Limit
- North Carolina local time, Eastern. Ordinary statewide guidance; a separately issued local extension may supersede a closing time. Do not assume a pending extension applies.
Retrieved 2026-11-03T18:43:29.830Z · North Carolina State Board of Elections
No reasons for a disruption, approved new closing times, affected voter totals, meeting outcome or election result established.
11.Claim 11Supported
The notice offers public observation online through Webex or by phone and links meeting materials as they become available.
- Scope
- North Carolina November3,2026 official tentative meeting agenda or separately identified ordinary-hours guidance only.
- Evidence passage
- Any member of the public may observe; Online and By Phone lines; meeting materials paragraph.
- As of
- 2026-11-03
- Limit
- Official notice route verified; Webex playback, phone connection and meeting attendance not tested. No private credentials requested or used.
Retrieved 2026-11-03T18:42:18.383Z · North Carolina State Board of Elections
No reasons for a disruption, approved new closing times, affected voter totals, meeting outcome or election result established.
What remains open.
- No operative extension decision, reason for any interruption, lost minutes or new closing time captured.
- Hertford precinct names and count are unspecified; do not render that unknown as zero.
- Meeting attendance, Webex playback and telephone connection untested.
- No current rights-cleared polling photograph found; selected dated Tabor City archive is locality context only.
An official extension order, amended agenda or corrected precinct list requires immediate exact-source review and a retained revision. A schedule, crawler fingerprint or search excerpt cannot supply it.
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