The effort comes days after the North Carolina State Board of Elections removed early-voting sites from Mecklenburg County’s largest historically Black college or university. The available information did not identify the school or explain the decision.

Carla Cerbantes-Montoya, a civic and community engagement fellow at Queens, said students have struggled to find ways to get to the polls during early voting. She said students plan to walk classmates to and from polling places every other hour.

Cerbantes-Montoya, who is from Durham, said she plans to return there to vote for the first time. She also said recent protests in Greensboro have encouraged Queens students to participate, and that she is seeing classmates travel to their home districts to cast ballots.

Dr. Amy Sentementes, an assistant professor of political science, said student enthusiasm this midterm cycle has been unusually strong, resembling engagement she would expect in a presidential election year.

Students are also planning an Election Day event on campus, with local vendors, games and food, Cerbantes-Montoya said. The gathering and planned poll walks are intended to make participation easier for students facing transportation barriers during a shortened early-voting window.

North Carolina voters can find early-voting locations through the State Board of Elections’ site locator: https://vt.ncsbe.gov/EVSite/.