For the first time in a North Carolina presidential election, voters will have to show photo ID to cast a ballot. Genevieve Hadid has been an American citizen since the 90s. She voted for the first time on Halloween at a polling place in Union County. She says she was profiled by a woman claiming to be poll worker asking for ID. “She started just interrogating me about the Constitution and telling me that it’s illegal to vote if I’m not a citizen, even after I told her I was a citizen,” Hadid said. “She didn’t stop anyone else. I’m already intimidated enough that I’m going to go vote for the first time.” Hadid was able to walk inside the polling place and cast her ballot without any other problems, but the interaction outside the precinct was haunting her. “She kept going on and on about the Constitution and said you can go away to jail but I’m a citizen,” Hadid said. “I don’t know how many times I needed to tell her that one time should have been enough this needs to stop.” In a statement to WCCB News, Kristin Jacumin, Union County Board of Elections director says her office has not receieved a formal complaint at this time. “Election officials do not ask for Photo ID outside of the voting site unless they are assisting a curbside voter,” Jacumin wrote. “Interactions outside the buffer zone could have been with a campaigner or other voter. If additional information comes to light, we will review it and take additional steps if necessary.” State officials say they are already investigating possible intimidation that could lead to prosecution. “We have a number of cases that we’re looking into right now,” Paul Cox, General Counsel for NCSBE said. “It’s not widespread. It’s sort of on par with what we typically experience in a large election, a general election.” State officials says voters who have problems should report any potential intimidation to county and state officials. “If someone is questioning the voter aggressively about, ‘are you qualified to vote’ and that sort of thing, and trying to assume the mantle of an official that’s questioning a voter and whether they can go into the polls. That’s the sort of thing that can be intimidating,” Cox said. There have also been some questions about the types of IDs voters can show to cast their ballot. Jason Atkins visited the DMV last week after noticing his ID was expired. He tried to vote with a temporary paper license from DMV and was denied. Elections officials will accept an ID with an expiration date within a year of election day. “I can only imagine people who like myself are working class people who maybe had time just to go vote early you know it’s become even more of a challenge to make a second trip,” Atkins said. “I could see how it could be really demoralizing as a voter and frustrating and not to even want to try again.” Officials say voters without proper ID can ask for a provisional ballot which gives election workers a chance to determine the voters eligibility. Poll workers will confirm the voter’s status before counting their ballot. “We do have an uptick in provisional ballots because of the photo ID law, but not anything unmanageable,” Karen Brinson Bell, Executive Director of NCSBE said. Hadid plans to file a notarized complaint with the state and county board of elections. She has advice for voters who may be concerned political tension. “Go ahead and vote scared if you need to, but vote, I mean every vote counts,” Hadid said. If you believe you may be getting intimidated at the poll, you can report it to an election official in person at the polling place and follow up with a written complaint to the state and county officials.