HB 411 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Reduce Early Voting Period for Primaries.

HB 411 reduces the early voting period for primary elections in North Carolina from 17 days to 6 days. The bill requires counties to conduct early voting for primaries within a six-day window ending on the last Saturday before the election, affecting voters participating in primary elections. This change applies to all primary elections (including runoffs) and takes effect January 1, 2026. The bill does not alter early voting periods for general elections or municipal elections, which maintain separate rules.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Mar 17, 2025 Last action Mar 18, 2025

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Filed → Edition 1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill's header and metadata were updated with new sponsors and version information, while the substantive legislative text remained unchanged. The only meaningful change is the addition of four new primary sponsors (Tyson, Gable, and Biggs) to Representative N. Jackson's original sponsorship, which expands the coalition behind this early voting reduction measure.

Scope change

No substantive changes to the bill's scope, applicability, or policy provisions were made. The legislative text regarding early voting periods, special elections, and municipal elections remains identical to the filed version.

TECHNICAL

Added three new primary sponsors (Representatives Tyson, Gable, and Biggs) to the bill's sponsorship list, expanding the bipartisan or multi-party support for the legislation.

Updated version identifier from 'DRH40252-CMe-4' to 'H411-v-1' and changed the date from March 17, 2025 to March 18, 2025 in the header section.

Removed the original filing date of March 17, 2025 from the header, replacing it with the updated March 18, 2025 date and new sponsor information.

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Mar 18, 2025

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Mar 17, 2025

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3 primary · 18 co-sponsors