North Carolina Votes Today!! Voter Information

    General Information for North Carolina  
    115 delegates at stake
    State Board of Elections in North Carolina:  919-733-7173
    Polls are open from  6:30am - 7:30pm  on Tuesday, May 6th
    You have a right to vote in North Carolina if:
    1.       You are a U.S. citizen and a North Carolina resident; and
    2.       You will be 18 years of age as of the next general election; and
    3.       You are a county resident for at least 30 days prior to an election in the county that you are registered to vote in.  In general, you must vote at the polls in the precinct where you live.

    • Polls are open from 6:30am to 7:30pm.  If you are in line when the polls close at 7:30pm you have a right to vote.
    • If you are a first-time voter who registered by mail, make sure to bring a current and valid photo ID  (like a driver’s license, student ID, employer ID or government ID), or a document that shows your name and address like a utility bill, bank statement, or paycheck.
    • If your name is not on the voter list, first make sure that you are in the correct polling place.  If you are, ask for a provisional ballot.
    • If you moved within the same county before April 6th, 2008, vote at the polling place for your new address.

    CURBSIDE VOTING

    Aged and disabled persons allowed to vote outside voting enclosure. In any primary or election any qualified voter who is able to travel to the voting place, but because of age, or physical disability and physical barriers encountered at the voting place is unable to enter the voting place or enclosure to vote in person without physical assistance, shall be allowed to vote either in the vehicle conveying such person to the voting place or in the immediate proximity of the voting place. . .”   

    VOTING ASSISTANCE

    Assistance to voters in primaries and general elections. In a primary or general election, a registered voter qualified to vote in the primary or general election shall be entitled to assistance in getting to and from the voting booth and in preparing his ballots in accordance with the following rules:  

    • Any voter shall be entitled to assistance from a near relative of his [her] choice.
    • Any voter in any of the following four categories shall be entitled to assistance from a person of the voter’s choice, other than the voter’s employer or agent of that employer or officer or agent of the voter’s union:
    • One who, on account of physical disability, is unable to enter the voting booth without assistance;
    • One who, on account of physical disability, is unable to mark his ballots without assistance;
    • One who, on account of illiteracy, is unable to mark his ballots without assistance;
    • One who, on account of blindness, is unable to enter the voting booth or mark his ballots without assistance

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