The state election board was recently taken over by a conservative majority. Its latest proposals are dangerously late in the process and most likely illegal, according to the secretary of state.

As candidates are in the homestretch, several efforts are being pushed to encourage voter registration. Especially, on National Voter Registration Day, which is Tuesday. At the Tompkins County Board of Elections, Republican Commissioner Alanna Congdon said that means expanding the availability of their services at events throughout the county.

The North Carolina State Elections Board will decide Tuesday for the first time whether to accept a digital version of a student ID as an acceptable photo voter ID. The board has never approved a digital ID in the past,