Early voting begins Thursday for most counties in North Carolina in the November local elections.
Karen Brinson Bell is executive director of the State Board of Elections. Following a state Supreme Court ruling over the summer that revives a 2018 law, she says it's important that all voters are aware of the new photo I-D requirement.
"Voters who go to the polls in this election will be asked to show an acceptable form of photo identification when they check in," she said, "This will be a new experience for many voters, so we want to make sure all voters are prepared to make their vote count."
Brinson Bell says voters are participating in elections in 86 counties this November.