{"id":3050,"date":"2026-02-04T17:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/?post_type=article&#038;p=3050"},"modified":"2026-02-12T10:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:04:29","slug":"5-things-to-know-about-voting-in-north-carolinas-2026-primary-election","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/articles\/5-things-to-know-about-voting-in-north-carolinas-2026-primary-election\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things to Know About Voting in North Carolina&#8217;s 2026 Primary Election"},"template":"","class_list":["post-3050","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-article"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"","featured_image":"","article_type":70,"authors":"","related_issues":false,"related_work":false,"location":36},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_video","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_video":{"video":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tdmA7ujlDxc","caption":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Election season is underway once again! In this new episode of \"5 Things to Know,\" our Brooks Fuller with Common Cause North Carolina looks at some useful facts about voting in the 2026 Primary Election.\r\n\r\nMake your voice heard and use the power of your ballot! <strong>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/NCVoterGuide.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCVoterGuide.org<\/a> to:<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>check your voter registration status and get info on registering to vote<\/li>\r\n \t<li>find early voting sites in your county<\/li>\r\n \t<li>learn about voting absentee by mail<\/li>\r\n \t<li>find your Election Day polling place<\/li>\r\n \t<li>get info about the candidates on your ballot<\/li>\r\n \t<li>and more!<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"button1\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/NCVoterGuide.org\"><strong>Visit our North Carolina Voter Guide<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>MORE:<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/work\/help-protect-the-vote-in-north-carolina-this-election\/\">Find out<\/a> how you can help protect the vote this year in North Carolina<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/donate\/\">Donate<\/a> to support our work of informing and mobilizing voters across the state<\/strong>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_related_articles","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_related_articles":{"heading":"Updates","button_text":"See all Related Articles","manually_curate":false,"articles":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>5 Things to Know About Voting in North Carolina&#039;s 2026 Primary Election - Common Cause North Carolina<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/articles\/5-things-to-know-about-voting-in-north-carolinas-2026-primary-election\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 Things to Know About Voting in North Carolina&#039;s 2026 Primary Election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/articles\/5-things-to-know-about-voting-in-north-carolinas-2026-primary-election\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause North Carolina\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-12T15:04:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-things-2026-primary.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2376\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1334\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/articles\/5-things-to-know-about-voting-in-north-carolinas-2026-primary-election\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/articles\/5-things-to-know-about-voting-in-north-carolinas-2026-primary-election\/\",\"name\":\"5 Things to Know About Voting in North Carolina's 2026 Primary Election - Common Cause North Carolina\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-04T22:00:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-12T15:04:29+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/articles\/5-things-to-know-about-voting-in-north-carolinas-2026-primary-election\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/articles\/5-things-to-know-about-voting-in-north-carolinas-2026-primary-election\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/articles\/5-things-to-know-about-voting-in-north-carolinas-2026-primary-election\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"5 Things to Know About Voting in North Carolina&#8217;s 2026 Primary Election\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/\",\"name\":\"Common Cause North Carolina\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"5 Things to Know About Voting in North Carolina's 2026 Primary Election - Common Cause North Carolina","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/articles\/5-things-to-know-about-voting-in-north-carolinas-2026-primary-election\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"5 Things to Know About Voting in North Carolina's 2026 Primary Election","og_url":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/articles\/5-things-to-know-about-voting-in-north-carolinas-2026-primary-election\/","og_site_name":"Common Cause North Carolina","article_modified_time":"2026-02-12T15:04:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2376,"height":1334,"url":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-things-2026-primary.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/articles\/5-things-to-know-about-voting-in-north-carolinas-2026-primary-election\/","url":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/articles\/5-things-to-know-about-voting-in-north-carolinas-2026-primary-election\/","name":"5 Things to Know About Voting in North Carolina's 2026 Primary Election - Common Cause North Carolina","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-02-04T22:00:38+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-12T15:04:29+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/articles\/5-things-to-know-about-voting-in-north-carolinas-2026-primary-election\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/articles\/5-things-to-know-about-voting-in-north-carolinas-2026-primary-election\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/articles\/5-things-to-know-about-voting-in-north-carolinas-2026-primary-election\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"5 Things to Know About Voting in North Carolina&#8217;s 2026 Primary Election"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/","name":"Common Cause North Carolina","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Common Cause North Carolina","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3112,"href":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3050\/revisions\/3112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}