RALEIGH – Unofficial state returns show North Carolina voters favoring all three constitutional amendments on Tuesday’s ballot, covering the income-tax ceiling, local property-tax levy limits and photo identification for voting.
The State Board of Elections’ precinct-level results file posted Wednesday showed majorities voting for each question. The figures are unofficial returns, not the final certification of the statewide referendums.
The income-tax amendment had 2,559,732 votes for it and 1,574,188 against, or 61.9% support among votes cast on that question. The property-tax levy amendment had 2,492,761 votes for it and 1,632,700 against, or 60.4% support.
The photo-ID amendment had 2,463,276 votes for it and 1,669,764 against, or 59.6% support. Each percentage uses only votes recorded for and against that particular measure; it is not a share of all registered voters or of every ballot cast.
NC Political News calculated the totals by adding the reported total votes for each choice across precinct records within the same amendment contest. The three questions have different vote totals because voters could make separate choices on each referendum.
WRAL independently reported Wednesday that voters approved all three amendments. Its account describes the income-tax proposal as a 3.5% constitutional ceiling and the property-tax measure as requiring lawmakers to establish a levy limit rather than supplying a numerical cap itself.
The voter-ID measure extends the constitutional identification requirement to mail voting, WRAL reported. Its account distinguishes those constitutional changes from existing statutory rules and says the amendments do not themselves change tax rates for 2027.
The results establish support for the ballot measures, not why individual voters supported them. They should not be read as proof of endorsement for every future tax or election proposal.
Additional eligible military and overseas absentee ballots, provisional votes and successfully cured absentee ballots can be added during the canvass period as county boards approve them, according to the State Board. Reported totals may therefore change after election night.
Sources
- NCSBE: Nov. 3 precinct results ZIP
- WRAL: Nov. 4 amendment results and context
- NCSBE: Reporting and canvass timeline
Photo Credit: File photograph of a polling-location sign in Hemby Bridge, North Carolina, Oct. 20, 2026, by Wesley Fryer via Wikimedia Commons; CC BY 4.0. Cropped and resized; file context, not election night or a notice that polls remain open. NCPN logo is a separate brand mark.
Editor’s Note: This article was drafted with the assistance of artificial intelligence and was reviewed and fact-checked by a member of the NC Political News editorial team before publication.