Absentee Ballots-North Carolina
North Carolina Rep. Ted Davis, a New Hanover County Republican, presents an elections bill before a House committee, Tuesday, April 4, 2023, at the Legislative Office Building in Raleigh, N.C. The bill would require that mail-in absentee ballots be returned to the county board of elections by 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)