It's a mixed bag.
http://www.ncvoter.net/machines.html 2008 Current List of Voting Machines for North Carolina Counties
100% Paper Ballots - All Optical Scan & Automark (No Touchscreens) - 64 - most accessible for physically disabled and sight impaired.
Alexander, Anson, Ashe, Avery, Beaufort, Bertie, Buncombe, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Chatham, Chowan, Clay, Cleveland, Columbus, Currituck, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Gaston, Gates, Graham, Granville, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Iredell, Johnston, Jones, Lincoln, Macon, Martin, McDowell,
Mitchell, Montgomery, Nash, Northhampton, Onslow, Orange, Pasquotank, Person, Pitt, Randolph, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, Swain, Tyrrell, Vance, Wake, Washington, Watauga,
Wayne, Wilkes, Yadkin, Yancey.
Touchscreen only - 24 - accessible to sight impaired only
Alamance, Alleghany, Brunswick, Burke, Caswell, Cherokee, Davidson, Davie, Guilford, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Lenoir, Madison, Mecklenburg, Pamlico, Pender, Perquimans, Polk, Rutherford, Surry,
Transylvania, Warren, Wilson
Mixed Systems
Election Day: Optical Scan with Touchscreens for ADA, Early Voting: Touchscreens only - 8
Bladen, Craven, Cumberland, Forsyth, Haywood, Lee, Moore,
New Hanover
Election Day: Optical Scan and Touchscreens for ADA and same for Early Voting - 1
Dare
Optical Scan & Automark on Election day/Touchscreens for Early Voting- 3
Catawba, Sampson, Union