1. IN PERSON, ON ELECTION DAY Vote at your assigned polling place. You will be asked to sign the pollbook before you vote. The polls open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. If you are in the line by 7:30, you will still be able to vote.
2. IN PERSON, BEFORE ELECTION DAY From Oct. 16 to Nov. 1 at 1 p.m., you can register and vote at a site in your county where you can request and cast a “One-Stop absentee ballot.”
Every county has at least one site for One-Stop absentee (early) voting; some have sites open beyond normal business hours. You do not need an excuse for voting early. To find out where and when One-Stop absentee voting is available, contact your county board of elections.
3. BY MAIL-IN ABSENTEE BALLOT
You can request an absentee ballot ó no excuse is needed ó but the county board of elections must receive the request by 5 p.m. on Oct. 28.
It must be a written request from you or a near relative, or on a form provided by your county’s board of elections, and must be signed by you or by a near relative (a near relative is a spouse, brother, sister, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, stepparent, stepchild, or mother, fa ther-, daughterń or son-in-law). All absentee requests should be mailed or hand-delivered to the appropriate county board of elections office.
A voter or qualified near relative may also request an absentee ballot request form by e-mailing or faxing- their county board of elections office.
A request for an absentee ballot in an election should include: Your name, date of birth, residence address, address the absentee ballot should be mailed to, and the near relative’s contact information and relation to you.
The absentee ballot will be mailed directly to the voter. The county board of elections must receive it back by 5 p.m. on the day before the election.
YOU MAY REGISTER TO VOTE IN NORTH CAROLINA IF YOU ARE: – a United States citizen
– 18 years of age or older or will be by the Nov. 4 General Election
– a resident of North Carolina and the county precinct where you want to vote for at least 30 days before the election
– not a convicted felon still in custody, on probation, or on parole. If you’ve served all parts of your sentence, your citizenship rights are automatically restored and you can register like any other citizen.