No doubt you are hearing pundits speculating about the 2026 U.S. Senate race, but that election is 13 months from now. Instead, let’s spend our time focusing on how to make North Carolina elections better. Consider these proposals.

Change the date

North Carolina elections have become ridiculously and unnecessarily long. If we shortened the campaign cycle, we might turn fewer people off, save money and get a higher percentage of voter turnout.

We tried moving the date of the primary to March, hoping our state would have some input into the presidential nomination. It didn’t work.

North Carolina should move our primary election to the first Tuesday in June, before the kids are out of school for the summer and vacations aren’t in full swing. That’s about 90 days before the November Genera

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