Students at Fayetteville State University vote in March 2020 in Fayetteville, N.C. This year is the first general election in which North Carolinians must provide identification to vote. (Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)
In the final weeks of the presidential campaign, each side is scouring swing states to get as many voters as possible, including on college campuses. But in some of those crucial states, students face new barriers to casting their ballots.
North Carolina election officials are for the first time enforcing a 2018 voter ID law in a general election this November, following court entanglements that had put the law on hold. Universities throughout the state have already been working to ensure students who want to vote have identification, but students in recent weeks found out they can’t use the ubiquitous digital college IDs stored on their cellphones.
In states such as Arizona , Indiana and Texas , students have expressed concern over a lack of polling places on college campuses.