As had been widely expected, North Carolinians approved an amendment to the state constitution that requires all eligible voters to be U.S. citizens. The Associated Press projected that the amendment will pass not long after polls closed in North Carolina.

The state has over 2,600 polling places open on Election Day, but two will see extended hours due to a delay in the morning.

The only ballot measure North Carolina voters saw statewide this year, called the citizens-only voting amendment, passed. The constitutional amendment, which just needed a majority vote from North Carolinians to go into effect, will change the language about who can vote in elections.

North Carolina shattered its early voting record, with more than half the state’s registered voters casting their ballots before Election Day. By Sunday, 4,465,548 voters had cast their ballots, according to the State Election Board,

The United States is choosing its next president - with polls open in swing states Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona, and Wisconsin.

Republican Donald Trump won North Carolina, capturing one of the seven heavily contested battlegrounds while votes in six other swing states were still being counted. In the race for Senate control, Republicans picked up a crucial wins in West Virginia and Ohio.

Donald Trump has won the battleground state of North Carolina. He fended off a challenge from Kamala Harris, who was looking to flip the state and expand her pathways to