The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted unanimously Tuesday to extend voting by one hour – to 8:30 p.m. – at Halifax County’s Littleton precinct (Littleton United Methodist Church, 105 E. South Main St., Littleton).

The voting site for this precinct was delayed in opening on Election Day morning due to a synchronization issue with electronic poll books, and backup procedures were not immediately employed.

With more than 2,600 polling sites statewide, it is not unusual for minor issues to occur at polling sites that result in brief disruptions of voting. The State Board routinely meets to discuss the extension of hours when the need arises on Election Day.

Hours for voting (N.C.G.S. § 163-166.25) authorizes the State Board to extend voting hours at sites where voting is interrupted for at least 15 minutes, but the Board may extend voting for an amount of time no longer than the disruption and only for the affected sites. All votes cast after 7:30 p.m. in this precinct will be provisional votes, per state law.

Election officials cannot release results while voting is underway in many contests. The State Board will not publish any unofficial results statewide until all polls are closed.

As such, a large amount of results are expected to be posted at around 8:30 p.m. For unofficial results, go to the Election Results Dashboard.