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North Carolina Constitutional amendment: Require photo ID for voting

Require photo ID for voting. 2026 results by county, from North Carolina's official results file: For 59.6%, Against 40.4% statewide.

Statewide

Constitutional amendment to require all voters, not just those presenting to vote in person, to present photo identification before voting.

A vote for
Supports this amendment.
A vote against
Opposes it.
For 59.6% Against 40.4%

2,474,609 for and 1,676,587 against.

Session Law 2024-58

The state's unofficial totals. We don't call measures.

By county

100 counties: For has the most votes in 94, Against has the most votes in 6. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyForAgainstVotes
Alamance County59.0%41.0%66,963
Alexander County83.5%16.5%13,399
Alleghany County80.7%19.3%4,661
Anson County64.6%35.4%7,844
Ashe County73.2%26.8%11,720
Avery County79.7%20.3%6,722
Beaufort County75.3%24.7%19,674
Bertie County59.5%40.5%6,567
Bladen County69.9%30.1%11,369
Brunswick County73.9%26.1%85,077
Buncombe County41.4%58.6%128,680
Burke County75.3%24.7%29,640
Cabarrus County63.3%36.7%86,101
Caldwell County78.1%21.9%26,944
Camden County82.2%17.8%4,433
Carteret County78.8%21.2%34,840
Caswell County73.4%26.6%8,358
Catawba County73.0%27.0%58,170
Chatham County45.3%54.7%42,575
Cherokee County84.6%15.4%12,212
Chowan County76.1%23.9%5,748
Clay County78.7%21.3%5,663
Cleveland County73.2%26.8%34,234
Columbus County78.6%21.4%16,529
Craven County71.3%28.7%41,446
Cumberland County61.2%38.8%93,177
Currituck County82.7%17.3%12,511
Dare County68.0%32.0%18,661
Davidson County79.0%21.0%60,404
Davie County78.3%21.7%18,409
Duplin County75.8%24.2%15,666
Durham County25.9%74.1%150,233
Edgecombe County54.3%45.7%17,610
Forsyth County51.9%48.1%151,135
Franklin County64.0%36.0%32,971
Gaston County69.1%30.9%79,553
Gates County78.2%21.8%4,063
Graham County85.3%14.7%3,674
Granville County63.0%37.0%24,274
Greene County66.6%33.4%6,204
Guilford County52.1%47.9%214,783
Halifax County53.5%46.5%17,409
Harnett County69.5%30.5%44,886
Haywood County67.7%32.3%27,253
Henderson County64.0%36.0%56,115
Hertford County57.3%42.7%6,988
Hoke County67.9%32.1%14,962
Hyde County70.9%29.1%1,919
Iredell County72.6%27.4%74,941
Jackson County59.1%40.9%16,005
Johnston County65.3%34.7%87,761
Jones County79.3%20.7%3,832
Lee County62.3%37.7%21,091
Lenoir County65.6%34.4%19,271
Lincoln County75.5%24.5%37,915
Macon County76.0%24.0%16,073
Madison County62.7%37.3%10,464
Martin County65.7%34.3%8,893
McDowell County79.0%21.0%16,091
Mecklenburg County49.0%51.0%438,979
Mitchell County78.2%21.8%6,172
Montgomery County77.4%22.6%8,780
Moore County70.0%30.0%44,192
Nash County64.2%35.8%40,435
New Hanover County57.0%43.0%101,635
Northampton County57.5%42.5%6,866
Onslow County76.8%23.2%49,131
Orange County28.0%72.0%71,630
Pamlico County73.9%26.1%5,960
Pasquotank County71.2%28.8%14,350
Pender County73.6%26.4%25,265
Perquimans County82.1%17.9%5,534
Person County72.7%27.3%15,520
Pitt County57.9%42.1%62,273
Polk County66.0%34.0%9,991
Randolph County80.3%19.7%46,422
Richmond County71.9%28.1%13,315
Robeson County76.3%23.7%28,947
Rockingham County74.9%25.1%33,822
Rowan County72.3%27.7%50,010
Rutherford County78.7%21.3%22,481
Sampson County79.8%20.2%17,964
Scotland County65.8%34.2%10,241
Stanly County79.6%20.4%24,110
Stokes County81.7%18.3%17,468
Surry County80.4%19.6%23,742
Swain County70.9%29.1%5,053
Transylvania County58.7%41.3%16,020
Tyrrell County80.5%19.5%1,332
Union County72.6%27.4%97,668
Vance County58.1%41.9%14,219
Wake County46.8%53.2%519,137
Warren County60.9%39.1%7,946
Washington County55.9%44.1%4,420
Watauga County51.4%48.6%23,760
Wayne County70.9%29.1%38,115
Wilkes County83.0%17.0%23,321
Wilson County64.4%35.6%28,609
Yadkin County84.5%15.5%13,407
Yancey County68.2%31.8%8,188

The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.

Sources & scope

North Carolina's official results, file posted Nov 13, 5:05 PM. Unofficial until certified. North Carolina's page has its other statewide offices, ballot measures and legislature.