Early in-person voting starts Thursday. For many North Carolina voters it will be the first time they cast a ballot under a photo ID law drafted in 2018. O’Dell Justin Hill is a 21-year-old college student from Durham. He recently registered to vote in his home county through the DMV. Hill already had a North Carolina Driver’s License, one of the assorted IDs accepted for voting in the state – but just felt more comfortable getting a free ID issued by the county Board of Elections.