As had been widely expected, North Carolinians approved an amendment to the state constitution that requires all eligible voters to be U.S. citizens. The Associated Press projected that the amendment will pass not long after polls closed in North Carolina.

The state has over 2,600 polling places open on Election Day, but two will see extended hours due to a delay in the morning.

The only ballot measure North Carolina voters saw statewide this year, called the citizens-only voting amendment, passed. The constitutional amendment, which just needed a majority vote from North Carolinians to go into effect, will change the language about who can vote in elections.

Voters in North Carolina and South Carolina approved constitutional amendments that would restrict voting to U.S. citizens in all elections.

North Carolina shattered its early voting record, with more than half the state’s registered voters casting their ballots before Election Day. By Sunday, 4,465,548 voters had cast their ballots, according to the State Election Board,

Former President Donald Trump is expected to win North Carolina, according to the Associated Press, and will get its 16 Electoral College votes. North Carolina had been seen to shift from a "lean Republican" to a "toss-up" state after Vice President Kamala Harris joined the presidential race in July.

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris both predicted victory as they campaigned across Pennsylvania on Monday in the final, frantic day of an exceptionally close U.S. presidential election. The campaign has seen head-spinning twists: two assassination attempts and a felony conviction for Republican former President Trump,