Student voters at North Carolina’s flagship public university can now use digital credentials to fulfill state voter ID requirements. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Mobile One Card has been approved by the State Board of Elections as valid voter identification, satisfying recently introduced photo ID requirements.
The decision enables the first mobile digital credential to be included among the state’s roughly 130 student and government identification cards designated as valid proof of identity when voting.
UNC Mobile One cards are available to students who use an iPhone.
The Wilkes Borough-Patriot out of North Wilkesboro, NC, has an Associated Press report saying Democratic members of the board voted to support digital ID on the grounds that young people increasingly rely on their phones, and as such digital credentials only make sense as a way to make voting more accessible.
